Red hat AI Community Engineer 

United States, Washington, Olympia 

913268805

About the job

This position is also available in Lowell or Boston MA, Raleigh NC, Waterford IE, and Brno CZ on a hybrid remote/office basis.

What you will do

• Work with Fedora AI/ML Special Interest Group (SIG) and lead community initiatives (e.g. creating a Fedora AI "spin")

• Package, test, and maintain open source AI frameworks and tooling (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Python libraries) for Fedora repositories.

• Ability to develop working relationships with AI-related upstream projects: PyTorch, AMD's ROCm, vLLM, and others.

• Create documentation and deployment guides for developers to experiment with AI/ML tooling on Fedora.

• Triage and respond to community requests (features, bugs) for AI packages.

• Navigate the complexities of Fedora’s software distribution norms, innovating on what is needed in 2025 and beyond.

What you will bring

• Hands-on experience with open source large language models (LLMs) such as Llama, Mistral, or similar. (An understanding of open source GPU-based software stacks such as ROCm is an additional plus.)

• Strong proficiency with Linux-based systems, and Python.

• Knowledge of how Linux distributions are built is a nice-to-have. (An understanding of Fedora's approach to FOSS is a plus.)

• Self-directed learner: the ability to be autonomous and unblock yourself.

• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken).

• Extensive experience with the Fedora Project or a comparable open source community

• Exceptional writing and speaking skills

• Experience with software development and open source developer communities; understanding of development processes

• Outstanding organizational skills; ability to prioritize tasks matching short and long-term goals and focus on the tasks of high priority

• Experience motivating and respecting capacity-limited volunteers and associates across teams and companies

• Demonstrated ability in organizing complex projects with multiple interests and diverse stakeholders

The salary range for this position is $127,860.00 - $211,080.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

● 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