Overview
Principal Software Engineer - Llama Stack - (Ireland)
Red Hat, Waterford, County Waterford, 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 reliability and performance in upstream projects, 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 tech writers to produce 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,, vLLM, LangGraph, and Kubeflow.
Advanced knowledge creating automation for GitHub, using GitHub Actions or related CI 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.
We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
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Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
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