Open Source Build Automation Software Engineer for Hummingbird
Red Hat
The Hummingbird team is looking for an engineer to join with expertise in building RPMs and Mock, in order to build a new fully automated Konflux based pipeline for component RPM packages. These RPMs will be included in hundreds of container image deliverables. Focus will be on rapidly rebuilding upstream software, building small deliverables, with as few CVEs as possible.
What you will do
Onboard new container images to Hummingbird and their RPM based components.
Maintenance and iteration of our Tekton (Konflux and Kubernetes) based build system that builds RPMs and includes them into containers. Ensuring high availability and throughput.
Develop and onboard existing automated test suites that run against rebuilt open-source projects to ensure enterprise-grade stability.
Participate in a distributed Agile Scrum team.
What you will bring
Experience with scripting languages like Python or Bash, experience with Rust or Go is considered a plus
Linux Expertise: using, assembling, and deploying Linux distributions (RHEL, Fedora, UBI, or similar).
Container Technology: 1+ year(s) of professional experience building and managing containers (Podman, Docker, Containerfiles).
Experience contributing to open-source projects.
Demonstrated ability to work with minimal local supervision as a part of a geographically distributed team.
Good written and verbal communication skills in English
The following are considered a plus:
Atlantic timezone such as: US East coast, Europe, Israel or South America.
Build System Knowledge: Experience with multiple Linux distribution build systems (RPM, Mock, rpmbuild, spec files).
CI/CD Systems: Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Tekton, Kubernetes, or similar automated CI/CD workflows.
Experience with agentic AI and automation workflows.
Experience in agile development
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