Red Hat

Software Engineer

Red Hat$96K — $154K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Proficient in Java and Rust, with academic or professional experience.
  • Familiar with the Linux OS and development tools for any distribution.
  • Knowledgeable in PKI, cryptography, and software security technologies.
  • Experience using AI agents for development acceleration.
  • Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-quality PKI solutions, ensuring code quality and contributing to testing frameworks.
  • Participate in the entire development cycle from requirements gathering to testing and verification.
  • Practice defensive programming for stable, high-quality software delivery.
  • Collaborate with internal and external development teams.

Benefits

  • Contribution to meaningful open-source projects.
  • Engagement with critical enterprise and public sector infrastructure.
  • Opportunity to work within a globally distributed team.
  • Exposure to leading technologies in PKI and cryptography.
Full Job Description
About the Job

The Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) Engineering team seeks a Software Engineer to help us deliver on the next generation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) product functionalities within Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and the Red Hat Certificate System as well as contributing to open-source projects like Dogtag PKI. As a Software Engineer, your main focus will be on designing, developing, testing and collaborating with other contributors over the world to bring features on existing components or bootstrap new ones. This is an ideal position for engineers interested in contributing to open source projects, and services for enterprise & public sector critical infrastructure.

What you will do
  • Development of high-quality PKI solutions, own the quality of their code and contribute to testing frameworks.
  • Participate in the whole development cycle from requirements gathering, scoping, source code development to testing and verification
  • Practice defensive programming to deliver stable and high-quality software for Red Hat customers and upstream communities.
  • Communicate and collaborate with developers and teams inside and outside Red Hat


What you will have
  • 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Java / Rust programming experience; professional or academic experience is required
  • Knowledge of Linux operating system and its development tools; any distribution is OK
  • Experience with PKI, cryptography, and general system and software security technologies
  • Experience using AI agents to accelerate development efforts.
  • Good written and verbal communication in English.

The following will be considered a plus
  • Experience with an autonomous agentic software defined lifecycle
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, JIRA)
  • Experience with Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages
  • Experience with software testing, CI/CD, and related frameworks
  • Experience with package maintenance on Fedora/RHEL
  • Experience with hybrid cloud systems or frameworks (e.g., OpenShift, AWS, Microsoft Azure)

#LI-EK1

Red Hat will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The salary range for this position is $96,440.00 - $154,190.00. 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. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

About Red Hat

Red Hat, Inc. is a leading provider of open source software solutions, including Linux, Kubernetes, and Ansible. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Red Hat operates in over 100 countries and has more than 13,000 employees worldwide. The company is committed to open source innovation and has a strong community of developers and partners. Red Hat was acquired by IBM in 2019 and is now part of IBM's Hybrid Cloud division.
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