Senior Software Engineer - GCP Hosted Control Planes - Red Hat

Red Hat Engineering is looking for Senior Software Engineers to join the GCP Hosted Control Planes (HCP) team. This team builds and operates a managed service that enables organizations to run OpenShift Kubernetes clusters on Google Cloud Platform using HyperShift, hosting multiple Kubernetes control planes on shared GKE infrastructure to reduce cost and operational overhead for customers.

This is not a traditional software engineering role. Our team practices an agent-first development methodology where AI coding agents are a primary mechanism for producing, testing, and maintaining code. Engineers on this team function as harness engineers: they design the environments, constraints, and feedback loops that enable AI agents to do reliable work, while applying deep technical judgment to specify intent, review output, and maintain architectural integrity. You will write code, but you will also spend significant time crafting the documentation, linters, structural tests, and CI gates that keep both human and agent contributors producing high-quality, architecturally consistent work.

You'll work as part of a distributed engineering team, contributing to a platform built on Go, Kubernetes, GKE, Terraform, Tekton, and ArgoCD. You'll participate in open source communities and help deliver enterprise-grade managed Kubernetes at scale.

What you will do

Design and implement features, bug fixes, and infrastructure automation for the GCP HCP platform using Go and Kubernetes

Work within an agent-augmented development workflow: decompose work into well-specified tasks, guide AI agents through implementation, and rigorously review agent-generated code and tests

Write and maintain custom linters, structural tests, and CI gate checks that enforce architectural boundaries and prevent drift — for both human and agent contributors

Contribute to the team's structured documentation system (design documents, architecture decision records, AGENTS.md context files) that serves as the source of truth for AI agents and humans alike

Build and maintain the observability, deployment pipelines, and automation that support multi-region managed OpenShift clusters on GCP

Participate in peer code reviews with a focus on correctness, security, and adherence to established architectural constraints

Own test strategy for the features you deliver — design test plans, write unit and integration tests, and ensure end-to-end coverage across the platform's multi-region architecture

Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed systems spanning GKE host clusters, HyperShift control planes, and customer workloads

Participate in on-call rotations to support production managed services

Mentor peers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement in both technical craft and agent-augmented workflows

What you will bring

5+ years of experience developing software