Senior Software Engineer - AI Platform Core Components

Red River•Boston, MA

34d

About The Position

The Accelerator Enablement team, part of AI Platform Core Components Engineering, is looking for individuals with a passion for Open Source, automation and helping grow the impact of Red Hat’s AI offerings for our customers and the community. In the position of Senior Software Engineer you will work with a diverse team of highly motivated engineers on solving complex challenges by designing, implementing and productizing the Red Hat AI portfolio. Your focus will be on integration of the AI stack with hardware accelerators from leading vendors. This position enables you to impact Red Hat’s rapidly growing AI family of products directly. At Red Hat, our commitment to open source innovation extends beyond our products - it’s embedded in how we work and grow. Red Hatters embrace change – especially in our fast-moving technological landscape – and have a strong growth mindset. That's why we encourage our teams to proactively, thoughtfully, and ethically use AI to simplify their workflows, cut complexity, and boost efficiency. This empowers our associates to focus on higher-impact work, creating smart, more innovative solutions that solve our customers' most pressing challenges.

Requirements

Strong experience with RHEL or other Linux distributions
Strong experience with software development with programming languages such as Python, Go or similar
Problem solving and troubleshooting skills with a focus on root cause analysis
Experience with container technologies, such as Kubernetes/OpenShift and Podman
Hands-on learning and demonstrable experience with implementing and contributing to complex features individually and in collaboration with others

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with hardware acceleration, either generic GPU experience or specific ones, such as CUDA and ROCm
Understanding of Python packaging ecosystem
Knowledge of AI frameworks, such as PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
Understanding of Open Source development models
Experience with test-base development and agile/scrum methodologies

Responsibilities

Design and contribute to the packaging and productization of software for RH AI core platform components to leverage the power of hardware accelerators.
Work closely with Engineering and Support stakeholders to prioritize features and bugs during all phases of development
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on our AI integration within the software development lifecycle, driving continuous improvement and innovation in engineering practices; share use cases for successful experiments with stakeholders for broader use.
Contribute to architectural and design principles with an eye on performance, resilience, scalability, security, technology constraints and comprehensibility.
Explore and experiment with emerging AI technologies relevant to software development, proactively identifying opportunities to incorporate new AI capabilities into existing workflows and tooling.
Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing LLMs for relevant tasks and 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.
Be a coach and mentor to more junior members of the team and help expand their skills sets

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

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