Associate Software Engineer - Red Hat Satellite

The Red Hat Satellite Engineering team is seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and versatile Associate Software Engineer to join our dynamic team in Raleigh, NC. This role is an excellent opportunity for a developing professional to gain experience across both development and quality engineering functions, contributing to the robustness, reliability, and performance of our solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a foundational technical background in Linux environments, proficiency in full-stack software development in languages and frameworks such as Python, Pytest, Ruby on Rails, React (JavaScript), and a basic understanding of networking and system administration.

This role will involve contributing to a system management solution called Red Hat Satellite which is a powerful systems management platform designed to efficiently deploy, configure, and maintain large-scale Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) infrastructure. It acts as a centralized control plane for content management (patches and security updates), life cycle management (controlled rollout of changes), provisioning, and subscription tracking. 

Red Hat Satellite is fundamentally built upon a robust foundation of open-source projects, primarily Foreman and its plugin Katello. Foreman provides the core capabilities for host provisioning and configuration management, acting as the main interface for system administration. Katello integrates Pulp (for content storage and distribution) and Candlepin (for subscription tracking) to manage all Red Hat content, repositories, and software entitlements and their content life cycle support. Our test automation is written in Python (Robottelo), mostly with Pytest.

Our team is global, and our stack is open-sourced, including technologies like Python, Pytest, Ruby on Rails, React and PostgreSQL. Our team proactively and regularly utilizes AI-assisted development tools and experiments with emerging AI technologies to identify and incorporate new AI capabilities into our existing software development workflows and tooling. You'll have the opportunity to work on real-life issues of an on-premise enterprise product with thousands of existing users.

• Contribute to the design and development of features and bug fixes for our software solutions. This includes writing and maintaining automated tests for these changes, in collaboration with the rest of the team.

• Collaborate with other team members on analyzing and fixing bugs in the project.

• Incorporate feedback from other team members during PR reviews to drive development tasks to a successful conclusion.

• Collaborate across time zones and geolocations with cross-functional teams, including other engineering teams, product management, UX designers.

• Publicly communicate planned changes with developers and users, gathering their inputs and incorporating them into your work.

• Work on prototypes for new enhancements, experimenting with new tools and projects to further improve the system.

• Demonstrate contributions to stakeholders and the community.

• The ideal candidate will possess foundational knowledge or academic/internship experience in software development using languages and frameworks such as Python, Ruby on Rails, or React (JavaScript). This includes exposure to the basic principles of designing, coding, and debugging applications.

• Familiarity with writing tests (e.g., unit, integration and end to end tests) in a relevant language, preferably with exposure to testing frameworks like Pytest.

• Basic understanding of relational databases and database interaction concepts, with exposure to a system like PostgreSQL being a plus.

• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to solve technical issues independently.

• Must be able to communicate effectively in English (both written and verbal), ensuring clear and concise day-to-day communications (e.g., via Slack, email), while articulating technical ideas and actively collaborating with local and distributed team members.

• Experience with Git or other version control systems.

• Passion for continuous learning and keeping up with new technologies and industry trends.

• Contributions to open-source projects.

• Familiarity with Agile development principles and common Scrum ceremonies (e.g., daily stand-ups, sprint planning)

• Interest in and/or familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and a willingness to proactively experiment with emerging AI technologies to enhance development workflows.

• Familiarity with the Linux operating system environment, command line, and file system navigation. Experience with enterprise distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora) is helpful but not required.

• Good understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls) and ability to troubleshoot network issues.

• Knowledge of CI practices, Kubernetes, and container technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman).

• Experience with configuration management tools like Puppet or Ansible.

• Familiarity with provisioning servers using bootable media (ISO/USB) and network (PXE) boot.

• Exposure to virtualization/cloud platforms like VMware, KVM, OpenStack, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. 

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.

Benefits
●    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! 

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

Inclusion at Red Hat
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Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
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