Staff Software Engineer, API Gateway — Global Scale, Remote

GitHub, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,400 - 372,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Stock options

Health benefits

Job summary

GitHub, Inc. is looking for a Staff Software Engineer for the Gateway Team to lead the architectural vision for API traffic management. The position involves defining multi-year strategies, authoring architectural decisions, and mentoring engineers in a remote environment.

The ideal candidate has extensive software engineering experience, a strong grasp of traffic management systems, and exceptional communication skills. Join GitHub to influence the developer experience for millions worldwide.

Qualifications

• 9+ years experience in Software Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years building and supporting large applications at scale within platform domains.
• 3+ years experience leading cross-team technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term technical strategy for the API Gateway.
• Author architectural decisions to guide cross-engineering teams.
• Lead reliability and availability efforts to improve system performance.

Skills

Software Engineering

C

C++

Java

Go

Ruby

Python

Cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)

Architectural Decision Records (ADRs)

HAProxy

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Doctorate in Computer Science or related field

Job description

GitHub, Inc. is looking for a Staff Software Engineer for the Gateway Team to lead the architectural vision for API traffic management. The position involves defining multi-year strategies, authoring architectural decisions, and mentoring engineers in a remote environment.

The ideal candidate has extensive software engineering experience, a strong grasp of traffic management systems, and exceptional communication skills. Join GitHub to influence the developer experience for millions worldwide.