Principal Software Engineer - OpenShift Service Mesh - Istio

The Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh team is looking for a motivated Principal Software Engineer to join and grow with us. As a member of our team, you will help improve and optimize Istio for use within our enterprise Kubernetes platform, Red Hat OpenShift. Using your expertise, you will work with Red Hat and the Istio community to deliver features, enhancements, and bug fixes for the benefit of our customers and the broader community of Istio users.

We provide an enjoyable and engaging work environment, with the opportunity for you 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. This is a great opportunity to hone your skills while working with a wide range of 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.

What you will do

• Collaborate with peers and the Istio community on the design and development of features, enhancements, and bug fixes within Istio
• Mentor and coach junior team members, and work with cross functional teams across Red Hat
• Develop examples demonstrating features of Istio within Red Hat OpenShift
• Engage with our support team to help them resolve customer issues
• Work with our documentation team to improve documentation related to the use of Istio within OpenShift
• Interact with globally distributed open source project teams and communities inside and outside of Red Hat

What you will bring

• Highly experienced in software development
• 3+ years of experience programming with Go, with experience implementing controllers and/or operators on Kubernetes
• 3+ years experience working with cloud technologies like Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other cloud platforms
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals and protocols such as TCP, TLS, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.
• Ability to proactively identify, address, and resolve issues with minimal supervision
• Written and verbal English communication skills
• Passion for open source software, a positive attitude, and a desire to share ideas openly
• Experience contributing to an open source project/community is a plus

Useful links

• GitHub organization: https://github.com/openshift-service-mesh/
• Istio website: https://istio.io/
• Istio GitHub organization: https://github.com/istio
• Envoy website: https://www.envoyproxy.io/
• Envoy GitHub organization: https://github.com/envoyproxy
• Product link: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh

General role information

The Principal Software Engineer is a technical authority who leads the design of systems that involve multiple components and coordinates across teams, setting a technical direction that anticipates future customer needs and establishes the standard for software quality. This role is responsible for ensuring the integrity and long-term quality of our software, ensuring it empowers our customers to deliver on their goals.

Note: This role may come into contact with confidential or sensitive customer information requiring special treatment in accordance with Red Hat policies and applicable privacy laws.

• Technical Impact: Leads the design and development of software solutions for features that cross multiple subsystems or components.
• Ensure Software Quality and Reliability: Establishes, maintains, and monitors testing practices involving multiple components and teams.
• Internal and External Collaboration: Acts as a key representative and leader within the community, advocating for internal or external customer needs, while aligning products with the community direction
• Mentor and Develop Engineering Talent: Across teams, coaches and mentors senior engineers.
• Own and Deliver Business Impact: Owns and delivers technical initiatives with visible business impact, enabling the entire team to deliver value to the end user.
• Apply and Advance Technical Practices: Drives the adoption of new tools within a set of teams.
• Leverage and Utilize AI Tools: Evaluates and introduces new AI-driven methodologies that resolve complex issues and improve Engineering efficiency.
• SDLC: Leads the definition and implementation of the SDLC for complex multi-component systems, ensuring that the process scales effectively and aligns with the needs of multiple collaborating teams.

The salary range for this position is $151,510.00 - $249,950.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

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.

Benefits
●    Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
●    Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
●    Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
●    Retirement 401(k) with employer match
●    Paid time off and holidays
●    Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
●    Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
●    Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

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