Senior or Principal Software Engineer - Networking Services (Brno Office, Czech Republic)
Red Hat · Brno - Tech Park Brno - C
About this role
Red Hat is hiring a senior-level Backend Engineer in the software engineering function based in Brno - Tech Park Brno - C. The posting calls out experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, Linux, Agile.
- Role
- Backend Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Brno - Tech Park Brno - C
- Posted
- Jun 2, 2026
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Job description
from Red Hat careersWe are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer or Principal Software Engineer in our Networking Services group, responsible for developing, maintaining and testing software in areas such as Core Networking protocols, Drivers and Userspace. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in Linux kernel or userspace development process. You will collaborate with colleagues and community members in the open-source way to enable our customers to be successful.
What you will do
- High-quality development, testing, and release of networking software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
- Analyze customer issues and requirements to provide solutions and guidance
- Ensure high quality of the team’s projects with acceptance and unit tests paired with code reviews
- Promote the team’s projects with documentation, blog posts, presentations and other means
- Lead and collaborate with upstream communities and internal teams
What you will bring
- Experience with software development, ideally for Linux, with Scrum or Agile methodologies in a hybrid software / quality engineering team
- Proven software development skills in C and Python with experience in leading the design of features
- Strong knowledge of Linux kernel and userspace networking, network protocols and drivers (e.g., TCP, UDP, VLAN, Bonding, LLDP, DHCP, VPN)
- Ability to use and provide meaningful feedback for continuous learning and experience with active mentoring