Principal Software Engineer, Staff Engineer - Model Training & Feature Store, RHOAI

Overview

RHOAI Senior Software Engineer - Model Training/OpenShift AI at Red Hat. The Red Hat OpenShift AI team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with Kubernetes and MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) experience to join our engineering team. This role focuses on building a platform, partner ecosystem, and community to help enterprises solve problems using AI. You will contribute as a core developer for the Model Training team, working on core model training tools (Ray, Kubeflow, PyTorch, etc.) for OpenShift AI. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role that may involve mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You should value open-source communities and enjoy integrating Red Hat, open-source, and partner technologies into a cohesive platform.

What You Will Do

• Participate in architecting and leading implementation tasks for new features and solutions in OpenShift AI
• Innovate in the MLOps domain by contributing to upstream communities
• Develop integrations across the OpenShift AI stack
• Contribute to technical vision and lead high-impact projects
• Ensure non-functional requirements including security, resiliency, and maintainability
• Write unit and integration tests and collaborate with quality engineers to ensure product quality
• Apply CI/CD best practices to deliver productized solutions for OpenShift AI
• Share knowledge and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Collaborate with product management and cross-functional teams to analyze and clarify business requirements
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure visibility of development efforts
• Provide thoughtful code reviews
• Mentor, influence, and coach a distributed team of engineers

What You Will Bring

• Experience developing applications in Go
• Experience developing applications in Python
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or other cloud-native technologies
• Ability to quickly learn and guide others on new tools and technologies
• Proven ability to innovate with a passion for staying at the forefront of technology
• Experience with distributed systems run on Kubernetes and troubleshooting them
• Autonomous work ethic, thriving in a dynamic environment
• Experience providing technical leadership in a global team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The Following Will Be Considered a Plus

• Practical experience prioritized over formal degrees
• Understanding of how Open Source communities work
• Experience with development for public cloud services (AWS, GCE, Azure)
• Experience working with or deploying MLOps platforms
• Experience with AI/ML model training and tuning
• Experience writing Kubernetes/OpenShift controllers and operators
• Experience writing DSLs in Python or other languages

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 support flexible work environments and encourage ideas from all levels. We are committed to open source and an inclusive culture.

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