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<strong>About GitHub</strong><br><br>GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.<br> <br><strong>Locations</strong><br><br>In this role you can work from Remote, United States<br> <br><strong>Overview</strong><br><br><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">GitHub Actions powers automation for millions of developers worldwide, processing billions of CI/CD jobs monthly, from simple builds to complex deployment pipelines spanning multiple environments and platforms including macOS. Our team owns the macOS platform within Actions, working across cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and distributed systems to deliver a reliable and performant experience for developers. We’re looking for a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction for the macOS platform, lead cross-team efforts to deliver durable platform capabilities, and raise the bar on scalability, reliability, and operational excellence at scale. You’ll identify the highest-leverage problems, drive alignment across stakeholders, and guide design and execution from early architecture through rollout and long-term operational ownership, including observability, incident response readiness, and continuous improvement.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p> <br><strong>Responsibilities</strong><br><br><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">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.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">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.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">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.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Write architecture briefs and proposals and carry out code experiments.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Design and implement APIs to facilitate seamless integration between software components.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Utilize CI/CD tools to set up automated pipelines for continuous integration and delivery.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partner with stakeholders and lead discussions for technical solutions, includindesign and cost considerations.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Create and guide others in 1) developing clear testing plans to assure solution quality, reliability, and performance; 2) defining success metrics; and 3) integrating customer feedback for continuous improvement; all while ensuring system architecture meets security and compliance standards.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Maintain executional and operational excellence within and potentially across teams/organizations.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Apply debugging tools and telemetry to verify assumptions, proactively resolve issues, and optimize code performance and maintainability.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":7,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" data-contrast="none">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.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p></li></ul> <br><strong>Qualifications</strong><br><br><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Required Qualifications </span><span data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":-480,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p></div><div><ul><li style="font-size: 8pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">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 </span><span data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":-480,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></span><ul><li style="font-size: 8pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field 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</span> </span></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field 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 </span><span data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":-480,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></span></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field 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.</span> </span></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field 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. </span><span data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":-480,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></span></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">OR equivalent experience.</span><span data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":-480,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></span></li></ul></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":-480,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"="">Willingness and ability to participate in a rotating on-call schedule, providing 24/7 coverage for 1 week every 2.5 months</span></span></li></ul></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Preferred Qualifications:</span><span data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></strong></span></p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":9,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or a similar language), technologies and software platforms, (e.g., Ruby, React, Go, Javascript/typescript, MySQL, cosmosDB, Elasticsearch), front-end frameworks (e.g., React.js), and / or telemetry dashboard (e.g., Datadog, Sentry, Azure Data Explorer).</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":9,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":9,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Demonstrated experience with large-scale system architecture and design, particularly in cloud-based environments, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":9,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Experience building or operating CI/CD systems at scale.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":9,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Experience developing on MacOS or iOS platforms.</span> </span></p></li><li style="font-size: 8pt;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559682":9,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality products.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p></li></ul></div> <br><strong>Compensation Range</strong><br><br>The base salary range for this job is USD $140,400.00 - USD $372,300.00 /Yr.<br><br>These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role. <p><strong>GitHub values</strong></p> <ul><li>Customer-obsessed</li> <li>Ship to learn</li> <li>Growth mindset</li> <li>Own the outcome</li> <li>Better together</li> <li>Diverse and inclusive</li></ul> <p><strong>Manager fundamentals</strong></p> <ul><li>Model</li> <li>Coach</li> <li>Care</li></ul> <p><strong>Leadership principles</strong></p> <ul><li>Create clarity</li> <li>Generate energy</li> <li>Deliver success</li></ul> <br><strong>Who We Are</strong><br><br>GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 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.<br> 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.<br> Join us, and let’s change the world, together.<br> <br><strong>EEO Statement</strong><br><br>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!

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