Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is a leading platform for agentic software development and collaborative software delivery. The Staff Software Engineer will set technical direction for GitHub's frontend web UI platform, driving performance, accessibility, consistency, and availability improvements across a large-scale codebase. The role also leads cross-team migrations, establishes frontend standards, and mentors engineers.
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
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
- Certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock.
- 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.
- Remote-first work arrangement.
- Generous learning and growth opportunities.
- Excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are.
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