Principal Software Engineer - AI

As a Principal Software Engineer focused on AI at Red Hat, you will lead the architecture and development of cutting-edge AI solutions within Red Hat's open-source product portfolio. You will drive technical strategy for AI/ML initiatives, design large-scale distributed systems for AI workloads, and serve as a technical authority across engineering teams. Responsibilities include defining architectural standards, guiding teams through complex technical challenges, contributing to upstream open-source AI projects, and ensuring alignment between engineering efforts and business objectives. You will evaluate emerging AI technologies and frameworks, establish best practices for model training and deployment at scale, and mentor senior engineers. This is a highly influential technical leadership role requiring deep expertise in both software engineering and artificial intelligence.