Senior Principal Software Engineer

Red Hat

Senior Principal Software Engineer developing and delivering production-grade AI/ML systems for Red Hat. Focusing on building ML pipelines and mentoring junior engineers within the Data and AI team.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeLowell • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $193,390 - $318,980 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building machine learning pipelines, with a strong focus on data ingestion, preprocessing, and model evaluation. Proficient in programming languages such as Python and experienced in mentoring teams while ensuring high-quality standards in software development.

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Machine Learning Pipeline DevelopmentPython ProgrammingModel Evaluation MetricsMentoring and Code ReviewEnterprise Data Platform Governance

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Hard Skills

Machine LearningData IngestionFeature EngineeringHyperparameter TuningModel Performance EvaluationProduction-Quality CodeRobustness and ScalabilityMonitoring and LoggingTroubleshootingSoftware Development

Soft Skills

Empathy for UsersCollaborationBias for ActionDebate and Defend OpinionsPrioritization

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Industry Keywords

Machine Learning ApplicationsData Platform GovernanceCompliance RequirementsContinuous ValidationSoftware Engineering

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoJavaPythonRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and evolve ML pipelines that cover data ingestion, preprocessing, feature engineering, training, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
Design, build, and evolve MCP server, Skills and Agents that enable and empower Red Hatters to do business efficiently.
Translate research prototypes and models into production-quality code, ensuring robustness, scalability, and maintainability.
Select appropriate algorithms and modeling techniques, perform hyperparameter tuning, and conduct comparative experimentation.
Evaluate and validate model performance using advanced metrics (e.g. ROC-AUC, precision/recall curves, calibration, fairness, drift) and set up continuous validation/regression checks.
Collaborate with software engineers, data engineers, and SRE/DevOps to integrate ML services into broader systems.
Instrument models and systems with monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated healing or scaling mechanisms.
Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, root-cause errors, data drifts, performance regressions, or infrastructure issues.
Mentor more junior engineers, lead code reviews, and help establish ML lifecycle and quality standards.
Stay current with emerging ML research, frameworks, and tooling, and proactively propose improvements or experiments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
5+ years of software development experience with a focus on machine learning pipelines or machine learning applications or building ML platforms
Exceptional software engineering skills that lead to elegant and maintainable data platform
Proficiency in at least one general purpose programming language, eg. Python, Go, Java, Rust, etc.
Loosely held strong opinions and perspectives that you kindly debate, defend, or change to ensure that the entire team moves as one
Sets and resets the bar on all things quality, from code through to data, and everything in between
Deep empathy for your users of your platform, leading to a constant focus on removing friction, increasing adoption, and delivering business results
Prunes and prioritizes work in order to maximize your contributions and impact
Bias for action and leading by example
Past experience in building enterprise data platforms that have a high level of governance and compliance requirements

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!