Software Engineer - Virtualization Cloud Team

About The Job

The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Virtualization Cloud team. In this role, you will contribute to user space virtualization tools such as cloud-init, open-vm-tools, walaagent. You'll explore features in the tooling, working alongside other teams from inception to integration. As a Software Engineer, you will work as part of a distributed, self-organizing team in close collaboration and regular communication with other team members and upstream developers. You'll need to be passionate about building out the open source cloud. Successful applicants must reside in a country where Red Hat is registered to do business.

What will you do?

• Participate in the development of virtualization tools.
• Make a positive impact on the tooling project upstream.
• Ensure that new features are implemented and bugs are fixed.
• Troubleshoot a diverse range of problems related to tools running RHEL, in cloud environments
• Cooperate with engineering teams such as Quality Engineering and various other teams/departments.
  
  

What will you bring?

• 3+ years of development experience
• Proficiency in Python and C
• Experience with supported cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, Nutanix) regarding deploys, operations, etc.
• Experience working with open source projects and tools.
• Interest in open source software development, preferably with a record of contributions to projects
• Experience or understanding of Linux virtualization stack (KVM, QEMU, Libvirt, containers, etc.) is considered as a plus
• Good written and spoken communication in English
  
  

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. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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