Principal Software Engineer - API Server (OpenShift)
Red Hat, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
APIs are the heart of Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift. We are growing our control plane engineering team whose primary focus is working on the foundation of the Kubernetes API machinery—both directly in the upstream and as part of the OpenShift product.
What will you do?
Create and guide new feature development; contribute to high profile and strategic open source projects in Kubernetes SIGs
Create/submit patches for bug fixes and review patches from other contributors
Continuously test your component/code on all levels and continuously improve our CI system
Provide support for your component/code in production for internal and external customers
Improve current solutions and workflows; prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure‑prone ones
Communicate and work effectively with all levels of associates including senior management
Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, diagrams, code comments, and clear code where necessary
Collaborate with other engineers across the Red Hat OpenShift engineering team and work alongside members of the Documentation, Support, and Quality Engineering (QE) teams
What will you bring?
Strong experience in a software engineering role
Experience with Linux operating systems
8–10 years of experience writing code in either Go, Java, C/C++ or equivalent
Good written and verbal communication skills in English
Problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills including performing root cause analysis
The following are considered a plus
Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
Solid understanding of the Kubernetes API Server, Control Plane components, and architecture
Experience working with Red Hat OpenShift
Knowledge of Distributed Systems
Record of contributing to an open source project or community including Kubernetes special interest groups (SIGs)
Graduate of computer science or software engineering or equivalent work experience
Presentation skills and public speaking skills for conferences and demos
Enjoys solving challenging problems and working with emerging technologies
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