Associate Software Engineer

What you'll do?

• Design, develop, and maintain Ansible Networking collections for the Ansible Automation Platform.
• Participate in sprint planning, development, and release cycles for Ansible Networking content.
• Work closely with management to understand requirements and help deliver on product roadmap goals.
• Ensure that all Ansible collections are well-tested, documented, and meet Red Hat quality and security standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including documentation and support to ensure smooth delivery of releases.
• Engage with the open-source community to contribute upstream code, review community feedback, and integrate improvements.
• Resolve Customer Bugs and escalations quickly.
• Troubleshoot issues, fix defects, and continuously improve the performance and maintainability of the codebase.
• Stay current with emerging automation and networking technologies to help evolve Ansible Networking offerings.
• Work in an Agile environment

What you'll bring?

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 1+ years of software development experience, preferably in Python or related languages.
• Familiarity with Ansible or other automation frameworks.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and hands-on experience with related tools.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (e.g., routing, switching, protocols).
• Experience working in agile or scrum-based environments.
• Exposure to enterprise software development and testing practices

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with open-source development models and contributing to community projects.
• Ability to work with global teams.
• Usage of any AI tools (Claude/ Gemini/ Cursor)
• Experience interacting with customers or community users.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.