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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><div><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">GitHub is looking for a Staff Software Engineering Manager to lead the development of Codespaces and the sandbox technologies that power cloud-based development experiences across GitHub.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":10,"335559739":160,"335559740":291,"335559991":10}"> </span></p></div><div><p> </p><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. With Codespaces, we’re building and operating instant-on, remote cloud development environments. In this model, engineers work in cloud development environments—tailored for a specific project—where the overhead of launching a task-specific workbench is effectively zero. Work on a bug, review a change, or just try something out, all booted from a clean baseline ready for your commits. Not only does this accelerate engineers’ day-to-day coding, but it is also used across GitHub.com to iterate on and validate Copilot-generated code.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":10,"335559739":160,"335559740":291,"335559991":10}"> </span></p></div><div><p> </p><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">As a Staff Software Engineering Manager, you will lead teams responsible for the continued evolution of Codespaces and sandbox technologies, helping shape the future of cloud-based development for GitHub and its users. You will drive technical strategy and execution, partner closely with product and engineering teams across GitHub, and help define the future of cloud development environments. You will lead and grow a strong team of engineers building a platform that is secure, reliable, and most of all fun to develop on.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":10,"335559739":160,"335559740":291,"335559991":10}"> </span></p></div><div><p> </p><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">The ideal candidate combines strong engineering leadership with deep technical judgment, experience operating large-scale cloud services, and a passion for building developer platforms and experiences that help millions of developers be more productive every day.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":10,"335559739":160,"335559740":291,"335559991":10}"> </span></p></div> <br><strong>Responsibilities</strong><br><br><div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="●" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"134224900":false,"335551500":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":705,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" 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</span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"> </span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">new technologies</span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"> </span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">and methodologies where applicable.</span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="●" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"134224900":false,"335551500":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":705,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Facilitate cross-team communications, identify dependencies, and resolve conflicts to ensure seamless integration and support across products, applications, and services.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="●" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"134224900":false,"335551500":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":705,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Drive employee growth and development, manage performance, and ensure the engineering team's skills remain current by staying abreast of industry developments and best practices.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="●" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"134224900":false,"335551500":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":705,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and observable systems that meet business and technical requirements.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="●" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"134224900":false,"335551500":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":705,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Champion experimentation and telemetry-driven development, enabling rapid iteration and data-informed decisions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="●" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"134224900":false,"335551500":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":705,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Drive engineering excellence through automation, tooling, and standardization across deployment, testing, and operations.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="●" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"134224900":false,"335551500":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":705,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Own incident response and reliability practices, ensuring live services meet SLOs and postmortems drive systemic improvements.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div></div> <br><strong>Qualifications</strong><br><br><div><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Required Qualifications:</span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":-5,"335559739":197,"335559740":259,"335559991":10}"> </span></p></div><div><ul><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">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> </p><ul><li><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">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> </li><li><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">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> </li><li><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">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> </li><li><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">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> </li><li><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">OR equivalent experience. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li></ul></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">3+ years people management experience. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":705,"335559731":0,"335559739":165,"335559740":291,"335559991":10}"> </span></p></div><div><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Preferred Qualifications: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":-5,"335559739":277,"335559740":259,"335559991":10}"> </span></p></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" 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 data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":3,"335559740":291}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" 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 data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" role="list"><li role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><p><span xml:lang="EN-US" 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="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </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.<br><br>This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.<br> <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. 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