Staff Backend Engineer — Planning & Tracking Platform (Remote)
Github
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Job summary
GitHub is seeking a backend-focused engineer to join our distributed team, shaping the future of project planning and tracking. You will design, prototype, implement, ship, and operate highly available services at scale, guiding architectural decisions and long-term investments.
This role emphasizes collaboration across the stack and customer-facing AI-powered products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in modern web stacks, cloud platforms, and leadership across engineering
Qualifications
- 9+ years of software engineering experience with production systems.
- Experience building large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native workloads.
- Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives and mentor engineers.
- Strong background in designing, operating, and debugging highly available services.
Responsibilities
- Work on GitHub Issues and Projects to deliver customer value.
- Build experiences that scale and improve reliability and performance.
- Lead architectural decisions and guide long-term technical investments.
- Collaborate across stack with engineering leadership to define roadmaps.
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Job description
GitHub is seeking a backend-focused engineer to join our distributed team, shaping the future of project planning and tracking. You will design, prototype, implement, ship, and operate highly available services at scale, guiding architectural decisions and long-term investments.
This role emphasizes collaboration across the stack and customer-facing AI-powered products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in modern web stacks, cloud platforms, and leadership across engineering
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