Software Engineer, InstructLab - Boston, MA

Company Description

At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, virtualization, and AI technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies.

Job Summary

Red Hat’s Global Engineering team is looking for an experienced software engineer to join our InstructLab team. Join the team and help us democratize AI with open source! In this role, you’ll contribute directly to Red Hat’s rapidly growing AI/ML (artificial intelligence and machine learning) family of products and will be responsible for the design, development, and refinement of software tools that enable the customization and fine-tuning of machine learning models. As part of these responsibilities, you will need to adhere to coding best practices and standards including practicing test-driven development by building and implementing automated tests, maintaining updated code documentation and comments, following security best practices; participating in code reviews and other peer review, and staying up-to-date with software engineering technologies, frameworks, and methodologies. Qualified software engineers in this role regularly participate in design reviews, automated testing, and productization for major product features and bug fixes. 

The ideal candidate will be a highly collaborative individual with a passion for working on complex projects in an open organization where contributions are valued and expected from all levels. This job role will require engaging in upstream open source communities. As this is a fast-moving area of opportunity for Red Hat, the ability to communicate productively and effectively with team members, stakeholders, and Red Hat leadership is critical.

This position reports directly to the Manager of Software Engineering for InstructLab. This position must have the ability to partner collaboratively in our Boston, MA office at least 3 days per week.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Monitor and participate in upstream AI/ML communities, evaluating new AI/ML-related technologies in the space and considering potential integrations and collaborations upstream.

• Design and build new product features, carrying your feature through all phases of software development and delivery, including: researching and conceptualization, participation in team design review, writing the implementation, authoring a testing strategy and necessary automation, productizing and packaging the code, and supporting its deployment through to end-users.

• Take part in the shared responsibility of delivering and maintaining your product..

• Run technical initiatives that grow, improve, and scale our existing processes.

• Contribute to the development of the open-source projects that comprise Red Hat’s AI family of products.

• Regularly communicate with project stakeholders including other teams of Red Hat engineers, product managers, consultants, management, and senior leadership.

Required Skills

• 2-5+ years of experience as a software developer, software engineer, or similar roles.

• Passion, curiosity, and desire to create new things and examine how things work internally.

• Solid experience with source code management tools such as Git .

• Ability to proactively add new features, debug, identify, and track issues.

• Strong experience developing in Python. Experience with Go and C/C++ languages are not required, but is considered nice to have.

• Experience developing unit and integration tests for your code.

• Excellent system understanding and troubleshooting capabilities.

• Ability to work on your own in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

• Understanding of how Open Source and Free Software communities work.

• Ability to quickly learn and use new tools and technologies and proactively work as a part of a wider team.

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with AI and Machine Learning platforms, tools, and frameworks, such as: Tensorflow, PyTorch, LLaMA.cpp, and Kubeflow.

• Experience working with Kubernetes/OpenShift and containers, troubleshooting issues, and working with YAML.

• Experience creating Ansible automation scripts.

• Experience with hardware accelerators, such as GPU, CUDA, and ROCm.

• Understanding of DevOps methodology.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or other related discipline.

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.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Red Hat
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