Red Hat employs close to 10,000 people worldwide and recently added more than 650 new team members while seeing just over 560 departures, resulting in modest net growth. The hiring pattern underscores steady investment in both technical and customer-facing roles to support its subscription-based open-source software portfolio. Overall staffing data highlights a balanced expansion that aligns with the company’s global product and services strategy.
Engineering is Red Hat’s largest group with roughly 4,000 employees, representing about 40 % of total headcount and reflecting the organization’s product-centric focus. Sales and Support follow at just under 2,000 people, emphasizing the importance of customer engagement and subscription renewals. Marketing and Product functions employ more than 1,100 staff, while Business Management, Information Technology, Finance & Administration, Consulting, Human Resources, and Operations collectively provide the corporate infrastructure needed to scale. The headcount mix shows a deliberate balance between building, selling, and supporting open-source solutions.
Around 1,100 employees are based at the Raleigh, North Carolina headquarters, the company’s largest single location. Additional U.S. hubs—Boston, Washington, D.C., Durham, New York, and Austin—host between 90 and 300 employees each and cover engineering, sales, and corporate roles. Internationally, Pune and Bengaluru in India and the Singapore office create regional centers for development and services, complemented by a broad "Other" category that includes more than 7,700 employees distributed across numerous countries. This footprint illustrates a strategy of anchoring key functions in major talent markets while maintaining a wide geographic presence for customer proximity and regional expertise.