Trainee - Associate Software Engineer

Overview

Red Hat’s Customer Experience & Engagement (CEE) team is looking for Software Engineering Trainees to join our Business Intelligence (BI) team based in Pune, India.

A Red Hat Trainee codes, tests, and debugs features for internal Red Hat tools and software products using Python/Golang, working with mentors and cross-functional teams (QE, Engineering, Design) in an open-source culture, focusing on quality, automation, and learning new technologies. They'll write tests, participate in code reviews, and help build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in an inclusive environment.

At Red Hat, our commitment to open source innovation extends beyond our products - it’s embedded in how we work and grow. Red Hatters embrace change – especially in our fast-moving technological landscape – and have a strong growth mindset. That's why we encourage our teams to proactively, thoughtfully, and ethically use AI to simplify their workflows, cut complexity, and boost efficiency. This empowers our associates to focus on higher-impact work, creating smart, more innovative solutions that solve our customers' most pressing challenges.

What will you do?

• Development: Implement features, fix bugs, and write clean, maintainable code
• Testing & Quality: Develop unit/integration tests, contribute to automation, and help ensure product quality
• Collaboration: Work with mentors, senior engineers, QE, Product, Documentation, and open-source communities
• Automation: Build and maintain automated test suites and CI/CD pipelines
• Platform Infrastructure - Kubernetes/OpenShift and/or Linux fundamentals (Storage, Networking, etc). Strong understanding in at least one of the above
• Learning: Learn new technologies (AI/ML, Containers, Cloud) and Red Hat's open-source approach
  
  

• Must have graduated within the last year (2025 batch) with a bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, in the computer science or IT or AI/ ML
• Knowledge in programming knowledge in Python, Golang (or similar), Javascript, JS Frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue
• Knowledge in MySQL (or Postgres), MongoDB
• Familiarity with Linux, containers, CI/CD is helpful
• Willing to work in open, collaborative, inclusive, focused on customer experience and innovation
• Familarity with Agile (Jira),Sonarqube, code reviews, debugging tools, logging & observability tools
• Red Hat Certifications like RHCSA, RHCE, OpenShift (DO180, DO280) will be considered plus
  
  

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

Inclusion at Red Hat

Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

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