Overview
Red Hat Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland. Principal Software Engineer - Llama Stack - (Ireland).
What You Will Do
* Collaborate with Staff Engineers, Engineering, Product Management, and User Experience to define customer needs and use cases.
* Create robust AI/ML software tools to enable AI Application development and contribute to a healthy open source community.
* Develop and implement comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to guarantee the reliability and performance in the upstream project, maintaining CI/CD workflows in GitHub, and ensuring 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 more 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, concise upstream technical documentation including API references and user guides and collaborating with our internal tech writers to create robust downstream documentation.
* Evaluate and integrate the latest advancements in AI/ML technologies and toolkits to improve existing systems and develop new innovative solutions.
What You Will Bring
* 10 years of advanced Python development experience as a Software Engineer in Open Source communities with experience in AI/ML
* Advanced knowledge designing robust and scalable APIs used in highly scaled and performant Distributed Systems
* Experience with AI and Machine Learning platforms, tools, and frameworks, such as LlamaStack, LangChain, PyTorch, LLaMA.cpp, vLLM, LangGraph, and Kubeflow.
* Advanced knowledge creating automation for GitHub, using GitHub Actions or related continuous integration tools.
* Experience developing, deploying or maintaining On-prem or Cloud Infrastructure
* Advanced 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
* Experience with Security, Observability, Performance or Scale
* Experience working with Kubernetes/OpenShift and containers.
* Knowledge and interest in developing tools and solutions using RAG or Agentic workflows
* Understanding of DevOps methodology, scrum, and/or Jira.
* Knowledge with hardware accelerators, such as CUDA and ROCm
* Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline.
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.
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