Software Engineer

Overview

At Red Hat, our commitment to open source innovation extends beyond our products — it's embedded in how we work and grow. Red Hatters embrace change and have a strong growth mindset, and we encourage our teams to use AI to simplify workflows, cut complexity, and boost efficiency. This empowers our associates to focus on higher-impact work, creating smart, more innovative solutions that solve our customers' most pressing challenges.

Red Hat's Global Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Agentic and AI Engineering Tools team to develop new APIs, tooling, and providers in the upstream Llama Stack project. In this role, you'll contribute to Red Hat's AI/ML family of products and will be responsible for the design, development, and refinement of software that enables the creation and deployment of generative AI models.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with Senior Engineers, Product Management, and User Experience to develop features fulfilling customer needs and use cases.
• Develop and implement comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to guarantee reliability and performance in the upstream project, maintain CI/CD workflows in GitHub, and ensure downstream quality.
• Participate in AI-assisted code reviews, utilizing tools that provide real-time feedback, identify potential bugs, security vulnerabilities, and adherence to coding standards, contributing to a thorough and efficient review process.
• Proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.
• Create and maintain clear upstream technical documentation including API references and user guides, collaborating with internal technical writers to create robust downstream documentation.
• Create robust AI/ML software tools to enable AI application development and contribute to a healthy open source community.

What You Will Bring

• 3 years of Python development experience as a Software Engineer in Open Source communities with knowledge/interest in AI/ML
• Knowledge designing and implementing tests thoroughly exercising code quality and coverage
• Knowledge of AI and Machine Learning platforms, tools, and frameworks, such as LlamaStack, LangChain, PyTorch, LLaMA.cpp, vLLM, LangGraph, and Kubeflow
• Knowledge creating automation for GitHub, using GitHub Actions or related continuous integration tools
• Knowledge developing unit, functional, and end-to-end (E2E) test cases and automation
• Ability to quickly learn and use new tools and technologies

The Following Will Be Considered a Plus

• Understanding of DevOps methodology, Scrum, and/or Jira
• Knowledge with Security, Observability, Performance or Scale
• Knowledge working with Kubernetes/OpenShift and containers
• Knowledge and interest in developing tools and solutions using RAG or Agentic workflows
• Bachelor\'s degree in computer science or related discipline

Remote

Remote means living elsewhere in Ireland

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. 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. We celebrate diversity and strive for equal opportunity and access for all voices.

Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)

Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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