## About Git

Hub

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Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

Overview

GitHub is growing its Engineering team and is seeking experienced professionals to elevate our software engineering efforts. As a Staff Manager in Engineering you will lead the Dependency Graph team within Supply Chain Security, working to develop cost-effective, secure technical solutions and ensure system architecture aligns with business goals. The ideal candidate will drive strategic initiatives, enhance team collaboration, and gain insights into innovative engineering practices while shaping technology offerings within a dynamic and inclusive environment. This position focuses on the dependency analysis and management portions of the broader Supply Chain Security mission, collaborating closely with sister teams that drive build integrity, applied cryptography and GitHub Actions security.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams in creating technical solutions for products and features, ensuring the design is cost-effective and meets security and compliance requirements.

• Develop and enforce guidelines for code reviews that adhere to GitHub's quality standards, ensuring code reliability, accuracy, and scalability.

• Drive project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with stakeholders to ensure resources are allocated effectively to meet project goals.

• Optimize deployments across products and components to meet varying business objectives ensuring solutions are deployed safely and adhere to GitHub's deployment standards.

• Act as an expert in live service operations, developing playbooks and processes to resolve complex issues.

• Oversee the development and reuse of software developer tools to support code creation, debugging, and maintenance.

• Lead and manage team performance, driving employee development and ensuring the engineering team's skills remain current by staying abreast of industry developments and sharing knowledge with team members.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

• 3+ years people management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience building cyber security products, especially in vulnerability management, source composition analysis, or offensive security.

• Strong understanding of contemporary concepts and challenges in dependency management.

• Background in successfully shipping on a large service-oriented architecture.

• An abiding interest in remaining technical despite being in management; the successful candidate should be writing code regularly and have a keen curiosity and interest in keeping their technical skills sharp.

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $140,400.00 - USD $372,300.00 /Yr.

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.

GitHub values

• Customer-obsessed

• Ship to learn

• Growth mindset

• Own the outcome

• Better together

• Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

• Model

• Coach

• Care

Leadership principles

• Create clarity

• Generate energy

• Deliver success

Who We Are

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.

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.

EEO Statement

• 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 don't 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 there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!

• Guide teams in creating technical solutions for products and features, ensuring the design is cost-effective and meets security and compliance requirements.

• Develop and enforce guidelines for code reviews that adhere to GitHub's quality standards, ensuring code reliability, accuracy, and scalability.

• Drive project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with stakeholders to ensure resources are allocated effectively to meet project goals.

• Optimize deployments across products and components to meet varying business objectives ensuring solutions are deployed safely and adhere to GitHub's deployment standards.

• Act as an expert in live service operations, developing playbooks and processes to resolve complex issues.

• Oversee the development and reuse of software developer tools to support code creation, debugging, and maintenance.

• Lead and manage team performance, driving employee development and ensuring the engineering team's skills remain current by staying abreast of industry developments and sharing knowledge with team members.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

• 3+ years people management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience building cyber security products, especially in vulnerability management, source composition analysis, or offensive security.

• Strong understanding of contemporary concepts and challenges in dependency management.

• Background in successfully shipping on a large service-oriented architecture.

• An abiding interest in remaining technical despite being in management; the successful candidate should be writing code regularly and have a keen curiosity and interest in keeping their technical skills sharp.