Staff Software Engineer

Job Summary

Leading the technical direction of foundational compute infrastructure, the full-time Staff Software Engineer will design and implement scalable solutions for cloud-native platforms while working remotely with a diverse team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical decision-making and architecture for compute lifecycle, configuration management, and infrastructure orchestration
• Design and implement reliable solutions for complex problems, including fleet-wide reboot orchestration and service discovery at scale
• Define and build GitHub's Azure paved paths, focusing on event-driven compute and cloud-native patterns

Required qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in Software Engineering or related technical discipline with proven experience in production software coding in languages such as Go, C, C++, Java, or Python
• 4+ years of experience building and supporting large, high-traffic applications within platform/infrastructure domains
• 4+ years of experience supporting and building cloud-native workloads in Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
• 2+ years of experience operating fleet-scale compute infrastructure, including hypervisor platforms or orchestration tooling
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience