Red Hat Engineering is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Management Fabric Access team, part of Red Hat’s Hybrid Cloud Platform organization. The Management Fabric Access team builds and operates the foundational SaaS services that enable secure access and mission critical integrations between applications across Red Hat’s hybrid cloud ecosystem.
As a member of the Management Fabric Access, you will play a key role in defining how users, services, and systems securely interact at scale within Red Hat's hybrid cloud. This exciting opportunity involves designing and delivering highly available distributed systems that ensure seamless and scalable access management. You will contribute to core platform services like Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), policy enforcement APIs, and access gateways, collaborating with engineers across Red Hat to deliver secure, unified access experiences.
Design, implement, and maintain core access management services, including APIs for role-based access, permissions evaluation, and policy enforcement.
Build scalable and reliable backend systems that enable identity-aware access across OpenShift clusters and hybrid cloud environments.
Collaborate with platform and product teams to integrate RBAC and access APIs into their services and workflows.
Contribute to architectural initiatives, namely multi-cluster gateway support and service-to-service authorization.
Improve observability, reliability, and performance of services through metrics, alerting, and automated testing.
Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and cross-team collaboration to drive consistent access patterns across Red Hat platforms.
Continuously improve developer experience, service resilience, and operational excellence for access-related systems.
Utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, or Gemini) for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality
3+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong programming skills in Go or Python, with an emphasis on backend systems and APIs.
Understanding of microservice architectures, REST APIs, and event-driven design.
Experience with observability and CI/CD systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Jenkins, Tekton, etc.).
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent practical experience.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills across diverse engineering teams.
Proficiency in written and spoken English, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a global, cross-functional environment.
The following are considered a plus:
Experience building and operating distributed systems in Kubernetes or OpenShift environments.
Familiarity with authentication and authorization concepts, including RBAC and service identity.
Experience with access policy engines, database consistency models, or cross-cluster networking.
Familiarity with Red Hat’s hybrid cloud ecosystem or enterprise-scale identity systems.
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