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Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer role at Red Hat 23 hours ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer role at Red Hat Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Job Summary The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering organization is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Performance and Scale for AI Platforms (PSAP) team. The PSAP team drives our MLPerf submissions that prove Red Hat’s AI platform can compete with - and often beat - other competitive stacks across training and inference workloads. You will own the end-to-end process of designing compliant test harnesses, running performance and power runs, collecting valid accuracy logs, and packaging results for public MLCommons leaderboards. Your work will shape Red Hat’s public reputation for AI performance leadership while directly influencing upstream MLPerf community engagements. Job Summary The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering organization is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Performance and Scale for AI Platforms (PSAP) team. The PSAP team drives our MLPerf submissions that prove Red Hat’s AI platform can compete with - and often beat - other competitive stacks across training and inference workloads. You will own the end-to-end process of designing compliant test harnesses, running performance and power runs, collecting valid accuracy logs, and packaging results for public MLCommons leaderboards. Your work will shape Red Hat’s public reputation for AI performance leadership while directly influencing upstream MLPerf community engagements. This position calls for a creative, adaptable engineer who is eager to learn new technologies and thrive in a dynamic, open source-oriented culture. You will be part of a centralized Red Hat performance engineering team that fosters innovation and collaboration to achieve world-class AI performance. The broader mission of Red Hat’s Performance and Scale Engineering group is to establish performance and scale leadership across the Red Hat product and cloud services portfolio. Our scope ranges from component-level analysis to system-wide optimizations, working alongside engineering teams, product management, product marketing, and customer support, as well as Red Hat’s extensive ecosystem of hardware and software partners. What You Will Do Design performance test plans for new MLPerf Training and Inference suites (datacenter & edge) covering LLMs primarily. Execute accuracy, performance and power submissions; triage regressions and drive improvements using LoadGen logs, traces, and other profiling tools. Build and maintain highly optimized container-based harnesses (Podman/Kubernetes) for benchmark execution, dataset pre-processing steps and compliance checks for reproducible CI execution. Profile kernels, GPU runtimes and distributed collectives; propose patches to Red Hat AI software stack to remove bottlenecks revealed by MLPerf results. Represent Red Hat in MLCommons working groups; upstream fixes and new benchmark proposals. Present results and best practices at premier open source and industry conferences; author technical blogs and white papers that translate benchmark data into customer value. What You Will Bring 3+ years of relevant industry experience in performance engineering or ML infrastructure Hands-on MLPerf (Training or Inference) harness work Strong Python & Bash proficiency plus one systems language (Go/Rust/C++) Expert Linux skills (cgroups, scheduler, perf, NUMA, GPU drivers, etc) Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift) Performance-profiling literacy (nvprof, Nsight Systems, perf, eBPF) Clear written & spoken English The Following Will Be Considered a Plus Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, AI, or a related field Prior MLPerf submission ownership or MLCommons working-group membership Deep knowledge of LLM inference runtimes Contributions to PyTorch or TensorFlow performance patches The salary range for this position is $127,890.00 - $211,180.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. Pay Transparency Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. About Red Hat Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact. Benefits Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan Retirement 401(k) with employer match Paid time off and holidays Paid parental leave plans for all new parents Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more! Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States. Inclusion at Red Hat Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village. Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO) Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. 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