Staff Mgr, Software Engineering

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, Germany
Overview:

GitHub Issues are the foundation for planning & tracking work on GitHub. This role is an Engineering Manager on the Issues team, specifically leading a team responsible for the Issues Platform with a focus on availability, performance and evolving the architecture. 

As a leader and manager, you will directly influence engineering culture, mentor and grow other engineers, engage in long term architectural planning, and partner closely with key partners across the company to help deliver a highly available and scalable planning & tracking experience. 

While your direct team is located in Europe, you will join a fully distributed org - you will thrive in an environment of asynchronous communication. We expect you to have the ability to communicate complex technical concepts, and be able to create working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe.

Responsibilities:

You bring:

• Clear and effective communication skills, be it when you write code, send emails, or explain complex technical issues to non-technical co-workers.

• A desire to take up new challenges and lead a group of highly skilled, dedicated and smart engineers. You're always looking for ways we can be better as a team.

• Reliable and responsible work ethic. You enjoy taking on responsibility within your role, on projects you have initiated, and you also enjoy bringing out the best in your teammates.

• Drive to provide clarity and a shared understanding of decision making, direction, and progress for the team and the company. 

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

 

• 9+ years 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
  o OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related eld AND 8+ years 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
  o OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related eld AND 7+ years 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
  o OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related eld AND 5+ years 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
  o OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related eld AND 3+ years 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
  o OR equivalent experience. 

• 3+ years people management experience.

• Passionate about fostering good engineering practices and processes

• Experience developing a strategy and roadmap for your teams

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• Have previous experience building and maintaining highly available and scalable services. 

• Have significant experience with one or more backend technologies: server-side environments, compute, datastores, networking, infrastructure, devops, security, and programming languages.

• Have significant experience with open-source software, communities, and the systems these communities use to self-organize and ship software for others.

 

GitHub Leadership Principles:

GitHub values

• Customer-obsessed
• Ship to learn
• Growth mindset
• Own the outcome
• Better together
• Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

• Model
• Coach
• Care

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.
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