Software Engineer

Job summary

The Red Hat Insights Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Resource Optimization initiative. In this role, you will be a team member responsible for delivering Resource Optimization Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. These services enable customers to visualize and optimize their resources on public clouds and Red Hat OpenShift. We provide an enjoyable and engaging work environment, with the opportunity to collaborate with dynamic and diverse agile teams, working around the world to create value for our customers and partners in an open source way. A good candidate will think creatively, adapt to rapid change, and have the willingness to learn and apply new technologies. This is a great opportunity to craft and hone your skills while working with a wide range of modern languages, frameworks, and technologies. You will become a part of Red Hat’s culture that makes us unique in the industry and you’ll work with communities passionate about open-source software.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of software developers, product designers, and quality assurance engineers. You will work on new features and address existing defects and bugs in the assigned projects.

Primary job responsibilities:

• Design, develop, support, and debug new features based on our customers’ requirements

• Work with the latest open source technologies in a highly cooperative landscape

• Participate in our continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) processes 

• Work in an agile team using agile development practices based on test-driven development 

• Collaborate with developers, quality engineers, documentation writers, and stakeholders to deliver solutions to our customers

• Communicate and work effectively with all levels of associates

• Resolve bugs, performance problems, and other issues with production applications

Required Skills:

• 2+ years back-end development (Golang/Python)

• Solid object-oriented software development skills

• Practical development experience in a language like Go or Python. Good understanding in at least one of the programming languages to build enterprise applications and/or backend services/applications.

• Ability to work on a team with clear communication skills, with the ability to represent ideas with clarity while remaining open to other solutions

• Familiarity with containerized application technologies and microservice architectures

• Understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline technologies

• Desire to learn new technologies, frameworks, and techniques 

• Source code control (GIT preferred)

The following are considered a plus:

• Familiarity with Django, Celery, Kafka, Redis, or PostgresSQL 

• Application development utilizing a Relational Database and a working understanding of SQL

• Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and Linux

• Familiarity with solutions like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, or Red Hat OpenShift

• Software as a Service (SaaS) operations experience

• Familiarity with open source communities and open source development

• Familiarity with the agile methodology and scrum to deliver software solutions

• Bug tracking tools (Jira preferred)

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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