Staff Software Engineer
Github (View all Jobs)
Remote - India
Interview Process
1. Take-home exercise 2. Code review and technical discussions.
Programming Languages Mentioned
Java, Ruby
GitHub is changing the way the world builds software, and we want you to help build GitHub. We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to work on GitHub.com — you’ll work with our team of engineers to build and maintain features that create rich and compelling experiences for millions of developers across the world.
As a team, we are building the future of code automation enabling our customers to innovate and collaborate on their continuous integration, deployment and distribution scenarios which includes much of their software development workflows. We are not only committed to delivering the best experience possible but are committed to doing that at a high availability & scale. Check out these links to learn more about our products:
- GitHub Actions: https://github.com/features/actions
- GitHub Packages: https://github.com/features/packages
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be shaping the next set of innovations happening across GitHub Actions. You will act independently and provide significant technical leadership across teams to deliver interdependent solutions. You will bring broader perspectives and identify opportunities to enhance the business through cross-group collaboration. You will also identify best practices and provide deep expertise on the design and validation strategy.
This role will be involved in the design, rollout and support of highly performant, highly scalable and highly available services and infrastructure by collaborating with your team and product partners. Together we are creating the tools and products that are integral to how people build software. We pride ourselves on being thoughtful, intentional, and productive. We hope you do as well.
Responsibilities:
- Write highly performant features for storing and retrieving assets at GitHub scale, petabytes of data are stored and accessed millions of times a day.
- You will be the technical lead within the team, expected to build scalable solutions.
- You will design/architect solutions, and guide team decision making
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in distributed backend systems
- Experience in taking a large, highly visible project through established milestones to meet organizational deliverables
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- Significant experience with Ruby, Go, Java, etc
- Experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers
- Providing significant technical leadership on projects
- Experience with a public cloud provider (Azure, etc)
Location: In this role, you can work remotely from anywhere in India.
#LI-Remote
Who We Are:
GitHub is the developer company. We make it easier for developers to be developers: to work together, to solve challenging problems, and to create the world’s most important technologies. We foster a collaborative community that can come together—as individuals and in teams—to create the future of software and make a difference in the world.
Leadership Principles:
Customer Obsessed - Trust by Default - Ship to Learn - Own the Outcome - Growth Mindset - Global Product, Global Team - Anything is Possible - Practice Kindness
Why You Should Join:
At GitHub, we constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees (Hubbers) to do the best work of their lives. We've designed one of the coolest workspaces in San Francisco (HQ), where many Hubbers work, snack, and create daily. The rest of our Hubbers work remotely around the globe. Check out an updated list of where we can hire here: https://github.com/about/careers/remote
We are also committed to keeping Hubbers healthy, motivated, focused and creative. We've designed our top-notch benefits program with these goals in mind. In a nutshell, we've built a place where we truly love working, we think you will too.
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
Please note that benefits vary by country. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask your Talent Partner.
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