Red Hat · 1 hour ago
Principal Software Engineer (Agentic/MCP) - Boston, MA - Hybrid
Raleigh
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$174K/yr - $287K/yr
10+ years expRed Hat is a leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, and they are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Agentic and AI Engineering Tools team. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, development, and refinement of software that enables agents to achieve enterprise readiness, while collaborating with various teams to define customer needs and ensure high-quality code.
Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechLinuxOpen SourceOperating SystemsSoftware
Responsibilities
Architect and develop a platform for Agentic AI applications
Collaborate with Staff Engineers, Engineering, Product Management, and User Experience to define customer needs and use cases
Collaborate with Quality Engineers to 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
Qualification
Required
10+ years of advanced Python development experience
Advanced knowledge designing robust and scalable software used in highly scaled and performant Distributed Systems
Experience with building agents, agentic workflows, or developing with LLMs
Knowledge of Kubernetes/OpenShift and operational knowledge building/deploying containers
Experience 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
Preferred
Experience with open source projects
Experience with Security, Observability, Performance or Scale
Understanding of DevOps methodology, scrum, and/or Jira
Experience with AI and Machine Learning platforms, tools, and frameworks, such as MLFlow, Llama Stack, LangChain, PyTorch, LLaMA.cpp, vLLM, LangGraph, and Kubeflow
Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or related discipline
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!
Company
Red Hat
Red Hat is a software company that offers enterprise open-source software solutions. It is a sub-organization of IBM.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2018-10-28Acquired
1999-08-20IPO
1999-03-09Corporate Round
Leadership Team
Chris Wright
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Global Engineering
Andrew Brown
Senior Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer
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