Software Engineer - Red Hat Display Group (Linux, C/C++, Mandarin) | ソフトウェアエンジニア

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42830 | Red Hat K.K. | Posted 2026-07-20
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Red Hat K.K. - Software Engineer - Red Hat Display Group (Linux, C/C++, Mandarin) | ソフトウェアエンジニア
Summary

The Red Hat Display (desktop) group is hiring a software engineer. In this role you will be working in the Internationalization (i18n) Engineering team on Linux Desktop development, focusing on input methods (ibus) for Chinese & East Asian languages and other i18n, font and desktop-related projects, contributing to their upstreams, and maintaining various i18n downstream packages in Fedora and RHEL.

Key Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS :
- Highly fluent in written and spoken Mandarin
- Excel in C and C++ programming, including debugging threaded applications
- Good experience in modern software development on Linux
- Good spoken and written English communication skills.

NICE TO HAVE :
- Experience in contributing to the open source community projects (such as GNOME or ibus)
- Experience in developing input method engine
- A good understanding of charsets and encodings, both Unicode and regional
- Passionate about software internationalization for human languages, including also text rendering
- Experience with real projects using Python, SQL, Rust, and AI.

Responsibility

The Software Engineer independently designs, develops, and is accountable for the quality of software features of moderate complexity, keeping the end-users' needs in mind. This position exists to be an autonomous contributor who takes ownership of delivering direct, reliable value to our customers. The primary function is to translate user requirements into robust, high-quality, and maintainable code that creates a seamless customer experience and meets our high bar for software quality.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Technical Impact: Designs and develops software solutions by contributing to a subsystem or components.
- Ensure Software Quality and Reliability: Contributes to testing and debugging of software.
- Internal and External Collaboration: Active contributor to internal tooling or upstream projects, participating in discussions.
- Mentor and Develop Engineering Talent: Seeks and adopts constructive feedback from more senior associates, managers, and other leaders.
- Own and Deliver Business Impact: Takes ownership of assigned tasks and delivers on time, providing value to the end user.
- Apply and Advance Technical Practices: Learns and applies team's best practices.
- Leverage and Utilize AI Tools: Follows established procedures to utilize AI tools and agents for completing routine development tasks and improving personal productivity.
- SDLC: Follows the team's established SDLC for all assigned tasks, focusing on learning and correctly applying each stage of the process.

Other

About Red Hat

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.

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Compensation, Bonus and Other Benefits

Compensation will be determined in accordance with company policies, taking into consideration each candidate’s experience and skill set.
給与は、経験やスキルを考慮し、社内規定にて決定します。

Location Details
Hybrid (remote + office)
Country / Region
Japan
Prefecture (State)
Tokyo
Location (Address)
Shibuya-ku
Ebisu 4-1-18
Ebisu Neonato 3F

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