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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Red Hat
- **Location:** Raleigh, NC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $118,600.0 - $195,680.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Continuous Integration, Linux, Device Drivers, Apache JMeter, Linux Kernel, Load Testing, OpenShift, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Test Data, Data Logging, Performance Testing, Grafana, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Performance Monitor, Build Tools, Splunk
- **Published:** July 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us17de5b05345f94ce1e1efd2803175132/eaa

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field and ten (10) years of experience in the job offered or related role
Must have ten (10) years of experience with: Linux operating systems; and Linux Kernel and device drivers
Must have five (5) years of experience with: Test data visualization, analysis, and identifying performance bottlenecks; Observability stacks, including Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, ELK, or Splunk; and Red Hat Konflux, Tekton, or similar CI/CD and build systems
Must have three (3) years of experience with: container orchestration software, including Kubernetes or OpenShift; and performance testing tools, including k6, Locust, or JMeter, and/or load, stress, and endurance methodologies
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## Description

*Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from the Red Hat, LLC office in Raleigh, NC.
What You Will Do
Assess the importance and ROI of different performance testing strategies and tools (e.g., k6, Locust, chaos engineering frameworks) for the Konflux ecosystem
Drive the definition of performance baselines, Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for Konflux, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure they meet business needs
Work closely with Konflux engineering, QE, SRE, and product management teams to embed performance considerations throughout the development lifecycle and gain buy-in for strategic initiatives
Define requirements for effective performance monitoring, observability (metrics, tracing, logging using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, etc.), and automated alerting to detect regressions and anomalies
Proactively analyze potential performance bottlenecks across the Konflux stack (including dependencies like etcd, networking, storage) and recommend optimization strategies
Translate strategic goals and identified gaps into actionable tasks (e.g., Jira epics/stories) and work with teams on prioritization for capacity planning, cost optimization, and testing implementation
Clearly articulate performance findings, strategy documents, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders, As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI systems by leveraging your technical expertise to develop and maintain robust web applicat…

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