Senior Software Engineer – Red Hat OpenShift on OpenStack (Ireland)
Red Hat — Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
Overview
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Red Hat OpenStack engineering team in Ireland. In this role you will contribute to the development and maintenance of the Red Hat OpenShift on OpenStack product ("Shift On Stack") and help deliver a solution that provisions Red Hat OpenShift clusters on top of a Red Hat OpenStack Platform deployment.
Responsibilities
* Become a significant contributor to the various components of Shift On Stack, from platform support pieces inside the Red Hat OpenShift installer to Operators for provisioning resources in Red Hat OpenStack Platform
* Contribute to the regular delivery cadence of Shift On Stack
* Build and maintain testing pipelines for Shift On Stack to cover new features, new integrations with OpenShift and OpenStack, and guard against regressions in quality
* Work with Red Hat OpenShift teams to shepherd code changes through their processes
Qualifications
* Existing development skills in Go – a must
* Experience of rigorous software testing
* Passion for open source software development
* Deep understanding of cloud computing and container management; OpenShift/Kubernetes – a must
* Ability to work in a distributed team environment
* Experience using, developing, or administering Red Hat OpenStack Platform and/or Red Hat OpenShift environments – a big plus
* A willingness to proactively utilize AI‑assisted development tools such as Cursor and Claude Code for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality
* Open to exploring and experimenting with emerging AI technologies relevant to software development, proactively identifying opportunities to incorporate new AI capabilities into existing workflows and tooling
Benefits and Culture
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