Associate Software Engineer - Emerging Technologies (Waterford Office, Ireland)

Red Hat’s Office of the CTO is seeking a highly motivated Associate Software Engineer to join us and help accelerate adoption and development of emerging technologies into our portfolio. In this role, you will be a developing and valued member of our Emerging Technologies team with focus on developing proof of concepts, working with upstream communities and downstream product teams on emerging AI influenced trends around the future of the software and platforms architectures, for running AI applications. This is an excellent opportunity to craft and hone your skills while working with many modern languages, frameworks, and technologies, for edge development and AI (inference, distributed inference, agents, workflows), including Python, PyTorch, Golang, Kubernetes, OpenShift, vLLM, and llm-d.

What You’ll Do

• Make contributions in a technical environment, from coding to architecture.
• Work closely with other team members (in person and remote).
• Assist with the planning, fulfilment and delivery of communicated goals.
• Contribute to open-source (upstream) projects.
• Be an advocate for Red Hat solutions and technologies.
• Develop operational Proof of Concept (POC) implementations.
• Work with and adapt to a modern AI technology stack, including (but not limited to) vLLM/inference, llm-d/distributed inference, Agentic AI, AI Agents, LLMs, LLM workflows, MCP, A2A, PyTorch, Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Work with Edge Stack (e.g. MLOps at the Edge, Edge Inference Server).
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Experience as a software engineer with experience in any of the following languages: Golang, Java, Python, or JavaScript.
• Keen interest in open source and contributing to and building communities.
• Open source contribution.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies, frameworks and techniques.
• Excellent communication skills to work as part of a broader, distributed team.
• Ability to develop software with an eye for software quality.
• Containerisation and container-orchestration technologies, such as Kubernetes.
• Experience with Automation, DevOps CI/CD tool kits such as Ansible, Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Experience of Generative AI productivity enhancement tools .
• A growth mindset.
  
  

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.

Inclusion at Red Hat

Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

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