Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Overview
Red Hat OpenShift AI team is looking for a Principal Machine Learning Engineer with Kubernetes and MLOps experience to join our engineering team.
This role focuses on creating a platform, partner ecosystem, and community to help enterprise customers solve problems and accelerate business success using AI.
You will contribute to the development of the OpenShift AI product, participate in open source communities, and help shape the next generation of MLOps platforms while fostering a culture of continuous learning and career development.
What You Will Do
Play a key leadership role within a talented group of engineers, outlining a vision and roadmap for the training and experimentation stack in OpenShift AI
Collaborate with the AI Innovation team to deliver LLM training, continual learning, and reinforcement learning techniques across the product portfolio
Embrace an upstream first mindset to influence MLOps communities such as Kubeflow
Liaise with stakeholder groups and cross-functional teams to deliver new product features
Ensure non-functional requirements including security, resiliency, and maintainability are met
Use CI/CD best practices to deliver solutions as productization efforts into OpenShift AI
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by sharing recommendations and technical knowledge with team members
Collaborate with product management and other engineering teams to analyze and clarify business requirements
Communicate effectively to stakeholders and team members to ensure visibility of development efforts
Provide thoughtful and timely code reviews
Represent OpenShift AI in external engagements including industry events, customer meetings, and open source communities
Mentor, influence, and coach a distributed team of engineers
What You Will Bring
Advanced experience in Python and Go
Advanced experience developing applications in Kubernetes, OpenShift, or other cloud-native technologies
Ability to quickly learn, adapt and guide others on using new tools and technologies
Proven ability to innovate and a passion for staying at the forefront of technology
Experience with distributed systems (especially those that run on Kubernetes) and troubleshooting them
Autonomous work ethic, thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Experience providing technical leadership in a global team and delivering on a vision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Willingness to proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality
Open to exploring and experimenting with emerging AI technologies relevant to software development
Ability to define and scale testing, automation, and reproducibility standards across ML systems
The Following Will Be Considered a Plus
Practical experience prioritized over formal degrees
Understanding of how Open Source communities work
Experience working with upstream communities
Familiarity with the MLOps lifecycle, with emphasis on model training
Experience writing Kubernetes/OpenShift controllers and operators
Experience writing SDKs in Python or other languages
About Red Hat
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