Principal Software Engineer

Job description

Red Hat Core Business Platforms is looking for a strategic and visionary Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for our Data Platform and Data Products team in MA. This role is central to defining the long-term technical roadmap and elevating Red Hat's data-driven culture and execution across the organization. You will be responsible for architecting, leading, and overseeing the development of next-generation data products that support Red Hat’s operational and analytical needs, with a critical focus on leading the charge on Agentic First Development for advanced Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence initiatives.

You will set the technical direction for delivering high-quality data products (code + data) that service the entire organization through an InnerSource collaboration model. Your deep expertise in distributed systems, modern software and data engineering practices, and system architecture will be instrumental in ensuring that our data assets are not only trustworthy but also optimized for building and deploying autonomous AI Agents on enterprise-grade platforms at massive scale.

What You Will Do

• Define and Champion the Architectural Roadmap: Architect the strategic evolution of existing source data pipelines to an ELT model of data ingestion, ensuring high efficiency, real-time capabilities, and cross-organizational adoption.

• Establish Data Architecture Standards: Lead the definition of architectural patterns for cleanly separating source-aligned data products from aggregate data products, enforcing domain separation, robust governance, and security across the entire data mesh.

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