Senior Software Engineer - CI/CD Actions Platform (Remote)

GitHub; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

GitHub is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deliver high-performance systems powering collaboration for millions of developers. You will drive technical execution from design through production across distributed teams.

You will own APIs, lead testing strategies, and mentor engineers while championing security and reliability across GitHub Actions infrastructure at scale.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in Software Engineering or related discipline with production software coding in multiple languages.
• Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 4+ years experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services and become intimately familiar with the systems you build and take pride in writing maintainable code.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others; support teams in producing extensible and maintainable code, ensuring integration with downstream dependencies and adherence to quality standards.
• Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on-call for first responder rotations and live incidents.
• Design and implement APIs to facilitate seamless integration between software components.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partner with stakeholders and lead discussions for technical solutions, including design and cost considerations.
• Lead the team in developing comprehensive testing strategies, defining success metrics, and incorporating customer feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Champion security across GitHub Actions by designing and implementing isolation mechanisms for untrusted code execution, ensuring compliance with enterprise security requirements, and partnering with Security teams to protect against vulnerabilities in our services.
• Champion operational excellence by improving system reliability, reducing incident response times, and establishing best practices for monitoring, alerting, and runbooks across Actions services.
• Drive and support technical roadmap that aligns with product goals, ensuring that engineering efforts are strategically prioritized and incorporating the adoption of new technologies and methodologies where applicable.

Skills

Go

Ruby

Python

C/C++

Java

JavaScript

Rust

Distributed systems

Go/ Ruby/ Python (multiple languages)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/EE or related field

Master's Degree in CS/EE or related field

Doctorate in CS/EE or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

CI/CD tooling

Job description

GitHub is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deliver high-performance systems powering collaboration for millions of developers. You will drive technical execution from design through production across distributed teams.

You will own APIs, lead testing strategies, and mentor engineers while championing security and reliability across GitHub Actions infrastructure at scale.