Software Engineer

About the job: This role leads the design, development, testing , handling QE tasks and implementation of software components, systems, and sub-features. Additionally, this role collaborates with cross-functional teams on these deliverables and to improve system performance and functionality. As a part of a geographically distributed team you will collaborate with multiple Red Hat engineering teams around the globe. In this role, you’ll also have the opportunity to engage with open-source communities, contribute to the integration of Red Hat, open-source, and partner technologies into a cohesive platform, and play a critical role in delivering high-quality software to customers and open-source ecosystems. What you will do: Play an active role in Container and Virtualization related projects and communities such as KubeVirt, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Libvirt and QEMU. Develop, test and enhance existing features for Windows guests. Debug Windows VMs and related components on Linux hosts. Design, develop, test and enhance KubeVirt (primarily compute features) and collaborate with the community using Golang. Integrate changes in multiple projects and services into a consumable feature. Submit patches for bug fixes to the community and review patches from other members. Responsible for code maintenance and quality by writing unit and functional tests. Work with the Quality Engineering team members to ensure projects are tested correctly. Constantly learn and gain a deeper understanding of our offerings and current technologies. Publicize the team's work through blogs, web postings, or conference talks. Dev role but, willingness to work on QE tasks and willingness to contributing to the Python test-suite, where tests are maintained. Triaging the failures, troubleshooting them and getting the tests fixed in Python test-suite fixed. What you will bring: Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent working experience. Experience with container-orchestration development (Kubernetes / OpenShift). Experience in a Linux environment with experience in languages, such as Golang and Python Multi-threaded programming and management of shared resource synchronization in complex environments. Good analytical, troubleshooting, and debugging skills. Self-motivated with the ability to quickly learn new technologies. Good written and verbal communication skills in English. Willingness to also work on QE tasks as and when needed. The following are considered a plus: Programming skills in Golang and Python. Experience with Linux Kernel concepts like control groups and namespaces. Experience with virtualization and Compute technologies (QEMU, KVM, OpenStack, RHV, VMware, LibVirt etc), distributed systems, clusters. Familiarity with open source software development methodologies. Open source development experience. Experience with Windows operating systems and their unique characteristics. Hands-on experience Windows in kernel programming. # LI-CS1 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. Inclusion at Red Hat Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspecti ... (truncated, view full listing at source)