Staff Software Engineer, Git Systems

Locations

Remote, United States

Overview

GitHub is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Git Systems Engineering team, which runs the largest code-hosting platform in the world, part of our Platform and Infrastructure organization. Our group is responsible for the services that store and serve Git repositories, both directly to users and to other layers in the GitHub software stack. We build the various microservices, protocols, proxies, and control systems that power Git operations at GitHub and operate them at scale.

Our group is highly distributed and the right candidate will thrive in an environment of asynchronous communication. We expect you to have excellent written communication skills and be able to create working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe.

This role is focused on wide-reaching, cross-team work to improve our git code-hosting platform. This role will be involved in the design, roll...