Software Engineer

Company Description

At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, virtualization, and AI technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies

Job Summary

Red Hat's is looking for an experienced software engineer to help us develop and maintain our Enterprise Linux Workstation product. In this role, you will work on developing new features for our Workstation Product and solve customer issues. As part of these responsibilities, you will need to adhere to coding best practices and standards, including well-documented scalable and efficient code; practicing test-driven development by building and implementing automated tests, maintaining updated code documentation and comments, following security best practices; participating in code reviews and other peer review, and staying up-to-date with software engineering technologies, frameworks, and methodologies. Qualified software engineers in this role regularly participate in design reviews, automated testing, and productization for major product features and bug fixes.

The ideal candidate will have experience with Flatpak and also some experience with developing and maintaining server side backends for building and deploying software.

You will be part of a highly-collaborative team with a passion for analyzing and solving complex problems, and reaching across team and project boundaries to find solutions. You will be interacting with Support Engineers, Product Managers, UI Designers, Customers and upstream communities.

This position will be part of the Display Systems Engineering team. Remote work is a possibility.

You will be a part of Red Hat's culture that makes us unique in the Industry, enriched with Open Decision Framework and Open Management Practices,, to name two. Your continuous growth will be ensured by extensive learning opportunities, including Red Hat Learning modules and certifications as well as Red Hat University (RHU) courses.

What You Will Do

• Participating in the design and implementation of features of the GNOME desktop and related remote services.
• Help create and maintain next-generation application build and delivery pipelines for desktop applications.
• Take part in the shared responsibility of delivering and maintaining our product
• Contribute to the development of the open-source projects that are part of Red Hat Enterprise Workstation
• Regularly communicate with project stakeholders including other teams of Red Hat engineers, product managers, consultants, management, and senior leadership
• Write high-quality, maintainable Python, C, and Rust code

What You Will Bring

The Following Are Considered a Plus

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, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)

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