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Red hat Principal Software Engineer - OpenShift Service Mesh Istio 
United States, North Carolina, Raleigh 
303198088

17.04.2025

What you will do:

Work with other members of the team to improve and optimize Istio for delivery as part of the OpenShift Service Mesh product. Work will include feature development, enhancements, bug fixes, and security fixes in the Istio/Maistra code bases (upstream community and product), as well as work supporting the build and delivery of the OpenShift Service Mesh product.

  • Collaborate with other engineers on the team and the Istio community on the design and development of features, enhancements, and bug fixes within Istio/Maistra

  • Mentor and coach junior team members, and work with cross functional teams across Red Hat

  • Engage with our support team to help them resolve customer issues

  • Develop examples demonstrating features of Istio (https://github.com/istio) within Red Hat OpenShift

  • Support the build and release of OpenShift Service Mesh

What you will bring:

  • Highly experienced in software development

  • Ability to collaborate with other engineers on the team and the Istio community on the design and development of features, enhancements, and bug fixes within Istio/Maistra

  • Develop examples demonstrating features of Istio (https://github.com/istio) within Red Hat OpenShift

  • Support the build and release of OpenShift Service Mesh

  • 3+ years of experience programming with Go, with experience implementing controllers and/or operators on Kubernetes

  • 3+ years experience working with cloud technologies like Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other cloud platforms

  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals and protocols such as TCP, TLS, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.

  • Ability to proactively identify, address, and resolve issues with minimal supervision

  • Written and verbal English communication skills

  • Passion for open source software, a positive attitude, and a desire to share ideas openly

  • Experience contributing to an open source project/community is a plus

The salary range for this position is $170,770.00 - $281,770.00. 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