Senior Principal Software Engineer

Red River • Durham, CA

1d • Remote

About The Position

Responsible for the architecture and design of specific component areas within Ansible Automation Platform. Provide technical leadership and guidance to maintain alignment with the Product Strategy through technical and architectural documentation. Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance to the Red Hat, LLC office in Durham, NC. What You Will Do: Provide senior technical leadership and mentorship to the Ansible engineering team, guiding both senior and junior engineers in advanced design principles and implementation of best practices. Evaluate the benefits and risks of technical solutions to customer needs and analyze and present comprehensive technical assessments of complex software solutions to internal stakeholders, customers, and partners. Support customer success by communicating the product portfolio, longer term technical vision in briefing sessions, and customer/field feedback sessions. Represent Ansible as a technical leader in strategic upstream communities. Develop and articulate cross-portfolio technical strategy in collaboration with Red Hat and IBM engineering peers to ensure product alignment. Translate business unit goals into actionable engineering strategies, partnering with engineering and business leadership to drive product and organizational priorities. Work with open-source communities to evaluate new AI technologies and create examples of integrations between the novel AI technologies for inclusion in the Ansible platform. Present and evangelize Ansible at related technology conferences and internally within communities of practice. What You Will Bring: Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field and ten (10) years of experience in the job offered or related role. Must have eight (8) years of experience programming in Python. Must have five (5) years of experience with: designing for distributed systems; automation tools, specifically their internal workings; working with upstream communities; coaching and mentoring junior engineers; and cross-portfolio and / or cross-company collaborative technical design. Must have two (2) years of experience programming in Typescript. #LI-DNI The salary range for this position is $168,150 - $277,350/year. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. Pay Transparency Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. 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Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field and ten (10) years of experience in the job offered or related role.
• Must have eight (8) years of experience programming in Python.
• Must have five (5) years of experience with: designing for distributed systems; automation tools, specifically their internal workings; working with upstream communities; coaching and mentoring junior engineers; and cross-portfolio and / or cross-company collaborative technical design.
• Must have two (2) years of experience programming in Typescript.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership and mentorship to the Ansible engineering team, guiding both senior and junior engineers in advanced design principles and implementation of best practices.
• Evaluate the benefits and risks of technical solutions to customer needs and analyze and present comprehensive technical assessments of complex software solutions to internal stakeholders, customers, and partners.
• Support customer success by communicating the product portfolio, longer term technical vision in briefing sessions, and customer/field feedback sessions.
• Represent Ansible as a technical leader in strategic upstream communities.
• Develop and articulate cross-portfolio technical strategy in collaboration with Red Hat and IBM engineering peers to ensure product alignment.
• Translate business unit goals into actionable engineering strategies, partnering with engineering and business leadership to drive product and organizational priorities.
• Work with open-source communities to evaluate new AI technologies and create examples of integrations between the novel AI technologies for inclusion in the Ansible platform.
• Present and evangelize Ansible at related technology conferences and internally within communities of practice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior