Software Engineer

The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Machine Configuration Operations (MCO) team. In this role, you will work as a part of a team responsible for evolving and supporting our Kubernetes native operating system management for OpenShift. The MCO team is a key component for OpenShift, operating the space between the installer and Red Hat CoreOS. It manages updates to systemd, cri-o/kubelet, kernel, NetworkManager, and many other components. It is at the heart of unlocking new capabilities and resolving new challenges as our product is adopted by new customer user cases. For more information, see:

As part of a geographically distributed team, you will collaborate with multiple Red Hat's engineering teams and open source communities to help our customers succeed. It is the delight that you bring to both contributing to projects and collaborating with a team to address the challenges that emerge as we evolve within OpenShift's industry-leading solution that will make you an essential asset to this team.

What you will do

• Collaborate with multiple skill sets and disciplines to design, support, and debug enhancements to the Machine Configuration Operator.
• Work with engineers from multiple teams to continue our investment in supportable, scalable, performant, and secure architecture.
• Own your team's components, measure and track its health, help colleagues and customers understand its functionality, and resolve issues that do not align with intended functionality.
• Receive mentorship from other engineers and provide and receive thoughtful feedback.

What you will bring

• You enjoy and have familiarity with container runtime.
• You are familiar with AI tooling to augment your existing engineering skills.
• You can contribute to technical architecture discussions.
• You are a clear communicator, able to represent your contributions and ideas with clarity while remaining open to the contributions and ideas of others.
• You have an eagerness to dive deeper into Linux systems.
• You have experience expressing business needs in Golang, Python, Java, Rust, or C
• You take pride in what you can do as part of a team.

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