Principal Software Engineer

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Principal Software Engineer, Ansible Automation – UI Technical Leadership. An expert in UI development will step into a high‑impact role influencing both the “what” and the “how” for the Ansible Automation Platform’s user experience. You will coordinate architecture across multiple technical areas and teams, pioneer feature vision, and help define the future of enterprise automation.

• Be the vision and technology leader for the Ansible user experience.
• Work across Ansible engineering teams, stakeholders, UX Design, Pattern fly (our design language), and other teams in Red Hat, and possibly 3rd‑party dev teams.
• Guide the user experience for the Ansible product offerings, defining the art of possible.
• Lead and influence people and projects.
• Participate in product release cycles, deploying code to integration, staging and production environments, integrating with CI/CD tooling.
• Mentor and learn from other engineers, participate in peer code reviews.
• Participate in the team’s Agile scrum process, demos and check‑ins with Product Management and other stakeholders to align on use‑cases and plan new initiatives.
• Guide and execute the UI modernization strategy.

• JavaScript, React, Type Script, CSS, HTML, Playwright.
• REST APIs (using an OpenAPI spec).
• Knowledge of and working experience with AI technologies.
• Experience or familiarity with the Ansible Automation Platform would be ideal.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Ability to lead, influence, and inspire.
• Experience delivering enterprise‑level applications and/or solutions.
• Significant experience with Python, Django and Django REST Framework.
• Experience with Python unit and integration testing with tools such as pytest.
• Experience with Linux.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases such as Postgre
  
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• Experience with container management platforms and development environments like Kubernetes, Open Shift, and Docker/Docker Compose.
• Experience with CI/CD systems like Jenkins and Git Hub Actions.
• Team leadership experience.
• Experience working on and even leading large‑scale projects (open‑source experience is a plus).
• Demonstrated ability to quickly and accurately troubleshoot system and performance issues.
• Good communication skills, and experience working directly with and presenting to stakeholders.
• An aptitude for jumping in to help unblock, mentor and learn from others.

The salary range for this position is $ – $. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Red Hat determines compensation based on location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. The position may be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity.

• 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.

These benefits are only applicable to full‑time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

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