About GitHub:
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations:
In this role you can work from Remote, United Kingdom
Overview:
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code. GitHub is changing the way the world builds software, and we want you to help!
With Codespaces, we’re building and operating instant-on, remote, container-based cloud development environments. In this model, engineers work in cloud development environments — tailored for a specific project — where the overhead of launching a task-specific workbench is effectively zero. Work on a bug, review a change, or just try something out, all booted from a clean baseline ready for your commits. Not only does this accelerate engineers day to day coding, but now it is used across GitHub.com to iterate and validate on Copilot generated code.
We are seeking a Staff Engineering Manager to join this team and drive the continued evolution of Codespaces, shaping the future of cloud-based development for GitHub and its users. In this role you will play a critical role in shaping and implementing the future of the Codespaces product. You will work directly with developers and customers to help define the future of cloud development environments and AI experiences across GitHub.com. You will work with a strong team of developers to design and build a platform that is secure, reliable and most of all fun to develop on.
Responsibilities:
You will lead a talented team of engineers, working collaboratively with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to enhance our product offerings. The global distribution of the team means we work both asynchronously and real-time. Your primary responsibilities will include:
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Conduct 1-1s, regular performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, and support professional development for team members.
Working alongside Product Management, Designers, and other stakeholders to perform continuous planning, requirements gathering, and defining the product vision and roadmap.
Overseeing the development process, ensuring the team adheres to best practices in software development, including code quality, testing, and documentation.
Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across teams and functions to ensure successful project execution and delivery.
Unblocking obstacles for your team members as they solve GitHub’s most critical problems, often via real-time conversations in Slack or Zoom, and with asynchronous communication in GitHub Issues, PRs, Discussions, and Projects.
Ensuring the team iteratively ships features and bug fixes; balancing speed to market with future velocity and stability.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Many years of experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++
- o OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++
- o OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++
- o OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++
- o OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++
- o OR equivalent experience
- Experience managing engineering teams in complex systems
- Some years of experience developing strategies and roadmaps in partnership with your team and stakeholders
- A few years of experience designing, building, scaling and maintaining distributed systems
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong customer focus and a data-driven approach, with proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in fast-paced environments
- Extensive experience in testing principles, production system monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting across various layers (e.g., network, application, caching, queuing, load balancing, storage, and distributed services)
- Proficiency in backend technologies, including server-side environments, compute, datastores, networking, infrastructure, DevOps, security, and programming languages
- Experience in cloud-native development, including designing, building, and deploying scalable applications using microservices architecture, containers (e.g., Docker), and orchestration tools like Kubernetes. Proficiency in leveraging cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) to optimize performance and scalability
- Interest or experience in modern AI/machine learning technologies, including Large Language Models or similar, and expertise in contributing to technical strategy and roadmaps
- Demonstrated leadership or management experience in remote environments, fostering good engineering practices, high-quality standards, and effective team collaboration
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, paired with excellent verbal and written communication abilities to collaborate effectively across distributed teams
- Passionate about fostering strong engineering practices, processes, and maintaining high standards
Other Qualifications:
- Ability to meet GitHub, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft, GitHub’s parent company, Cloud Screen upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
GitHub Leadership Principles:
GitHub values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
Leadership principles
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
Who We Are:
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!).
At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement:
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!
