Principal Software Engineer

Red Hat, Inc. • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States • Posted June 16, 2026

Location Raleigh, North Carolina
Job Type Full-time
Category Computer Occupations
Posted June 16, 2026

Job summary

The Red Hat Performance and Scale Organization is looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join the Team. This strategic role will require you to demonstrate strong technical leadership, drive roadmap development, and take ownership of testing, measuring, and analyzing the performance and scalability of different Red Hat Products on the sovereign cloud project.

What You Will Do

  • Work closely with management, product owners, developers, and quality engineers to understand product requirements and architect test plans to meet the roadmap requirements of different Red Hat Products.

  • Develop sophisticated tests that simulate user workloads through comprehensive end-to-end automation, leveraging custom-built and state-of-the-art open-source tools and frameworks.

  • Collaborate closely with key stakeholders and senior management to ensure alignment of team resources and capacity with the incoming tes...

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