Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, helping millions of developers collaborate and deliver secure software. The Staff Software Engineer will set technical direction for GitHub’s frontend web UI platform, lead cross-team initiatives and migrations, establish scalable frontend standards, and guide architecture, performance, accessibility, and availability improvements.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical direction for GitHub's web UI platform across performance, accessibility, consistency, and availability, balancing long-term architecture with hands-on execution
- Drive large cross-team initiatives and migrations, sequencing the work so the platform moves forward without disrupting active product development
- Establish patterns, standards, and paved paths for frontend development that lower cognitive load and scale across many teams
- Produce architecture and design proposals, evaluate tradeoffs honestly, and build alignment across engineering, product, and design
- Mentor and raise the bar for engineers at every level through design review, code review, and pairing
- Represent frontend platform priorities to leadership, securing the support and resourcing needed to deliver
- You've built a deep working understanding of GitHub's frontend systems, infrastructure, and their backend dependencies, and you're using it to make informed, high-leverage decisions
- You're leading at least one platform-wide initiative that measurably improves performance, availability, frontend infrastructure, or developer velocity
- Teams are adopting the patterns and paved paths you've shaped, with less need for direct hand-holding
Skills
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- OR equivalent experience
- Deep knowledge of React or Angular internals and server-side rendering, with experience modernizing frontend systems in large, multi-team codebases
- Track record of improving web performance (Core Web Vitals, interaction latency, bundle size) through systematic, data-driven work
- Experience leading cross-team frontend migrations and rollouts, managing sequencing, deprecation, and incremental adoption across many engineers
- Strong command of web platform and accessibility fundamentals (browser APIs, a11y standards, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS) and how they interact with framework-level abstractions
- Experience building design systems, shared component libraries, or paved-path tooling that many teams adopt
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement
- Competitive pay
- Generous learning and growth opportunities
- Excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are
- Annual bonus for eligible roles, allocated based on individual impact in role
- Stock for eligible roles, allocated based on individual impact in role
- Sales incentives for certain roles based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role
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