GitHub is changing the way the world builds software and we want you to help change the way we build GitHub. Were looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineering Director to work with a dynamic and distributed group of engineers on the Developer Experience Delivery team who help make GitHub the home of open source. The engineers on GitHubs Developer Experience Delivery team are responsible for owning the delivery-related engineering systems that GitHub uses to build GitHub. This includes ownership of our deployment systems, operational tooling, feature flag systems, developer portal, and Kubernetes infrastructure for running microservices.You will own the strategic management of the department, representing the engineering systems to external and internal partners and driving major decisions that enable engineers at GitHub to be even more productive and set the example for the world on how to build and ship software using GitHub. Responsibilities include:<ul><li>Own organizational vision &amp; objectives with leaders across Product, Design, and Engineering</li><li>Think creatively while balancing technical constraints and customer needs to enable your team to build architecturally consistent, high quality software to reliably meet customer needs and exceed their expectations</li><li>Ensure that individuals on the team are learning, growing and advancing in their respective careers through mentorship, pairing, and delegating work</li><li>Foster an environment that strives for clear communication, accessibility, and understanding</li><li>Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, participate in a manager on-call rotation, and respond to incidents as necessary</li><li>Ensure the team, the company and the community have a clear understanding of the direction of the projects and the reasoning behind decisions</li><li>Drive data driven improvements to both product quality and engineering excellence and efficiency across your organization</li></ul><div>Minimum Qualifications:</div><ul><li>8+ years of experience designing, developing, and shipping high quality software at scale</li><li>5+ years of engineering people management experience including 3+ years as a manager of managers.</li><li>Experience building engineering systems for internal and external use and driving engineering strategy and long-term roadmap, taking into account organization design and scaling teams sustainably</li><li>Deep experience running distributed systems, cloud services and driving operational excellence</li></ul><div>Preferred Qualifications:</div><ul><li>10+ years of experience designing, developing, and shipping high quality software at scale</li><li>7+ years of engineering people management experience including 4+ years as a manager of managers.</li><li>Excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written. We’re a distributed team so we’re extra mindful about communication.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to attract talent to build highly functional technical teams, with a strong track record of managing performance, calibrating expectations, and building and maintaining a high performing organization</li></ul><hr />Minimum salary of $134,800 to maximum $357,500.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 employees role. These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individuals 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.<hr />Location: In this role, you can work remotely from anywhere in the United States.#LI-Remote <hr />  <div>About GitHub: GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 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.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.Join us, and let’s change the world, together.Leadership Principles:Customer Obsessed - Trust by Default - Ship to Learn - Own the Outcome - Growth Mindset - Global Product, Global Team - Anything is Possible - Practice Kindness<hr />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 dont 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 theres any way we can make the interview process better for you; were happy to accommodate!Please note that benefits vary by country. If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to ask your Talent Partner.</div>

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