Principal Community Architect – FSI

Red Hat

. Develop and execute the open source community engagement strategy for financial services and the use cases that will advance open source, and Red Hat’s technology and business strategy.

Posted 4/7/2026full-timeNew York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $160,910 - $265,380 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Open Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute the open source community engagement strategy for financial services and the use cases that will advance open source, and Red Hat’s technology and business strategy.
Rationalize Red Hat’s community commitments in the FSI vertical and influence the community with Red Hat’s opinionated technical choices to further Red Hat’s technology and business strategy.
Connect with and facilitate connections between stakeholders from the Field, Ecosystem Engineering, Partner Enablement, and the FSI stakeholders to community members to facilitate developer outreach into FSI.
Facilitate strategic partnerships as identified as part of the strategy.
Provide regular, proactive updates to OSAIPO leadership.
Conduct data gathering and analysis of vertical community players, such as key open source projects, industry standards bodies, vertical consortias, and software foundations.
Understand and model scenarios of regulatory impacts.
Automate the scanning of industry news to understand OSS implications.
Develop and update the competitive landscape map.
Provide a trusted, neutral perspective partnering with the Office of the CTO.
Help stakeholders understand how to create the most value while determining how to allocate finite resources.
Provide technical and architectural guidance. Act as an expert across a group of projects in a particular area and steer collaboration across projects.
Work independently to set and achieve objectives tied to functional targets and goals.
Propose new techniques and methods based on business context that have impact within the function.
Coordinate activities of other team members (team lead) to ensure successful completion of projects and assignments, and mentor/provide guidance and advice to new team members.
Work on varied and non-routine projects and resolve complex issues with creative solutions that impact overall function.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships within sales and CTO function and lead cooperative efforts among teams to deliver results.
Interact with senior colleagues and customers frequently

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid understanding of the FSI space; Typically, a minimum of 5 years of related professional experience to develop sufficient expertise.
Exceptional writing and speaking skills
Solid organizational skills and ability to prioritize the tasks that match short and long-term goals; ability to focus on those tasks and exclude less relevant tasks
Experience with open source developer communities; understanding of development processes and open source licensing
Proven track record building community engagement and engaging with multiple community stakeholders to achieve company goals
Will have overseen the origination and growth of a new project or community initiative.
Experience building communities online through social media and other tools is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

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!

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Hard Skills & Tools

data gatheringdata analysiscommunity engagementopen source licensingproject managementstrategic partnershipstechnical guidancearchitectural guidancecompetitive landscape analysisregulatory impact modeling

Soft Skills

exceptional writing skillsexceptional speaking skillsorganizational skillsprioritizationcreative problem solvingmentoringcollaborationindependent workstakeholder engagementrelationship building