[Remote] Staff Software Engineer Cloud Foundations

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Cloud Foundations team. This role involves leading the technical direction of foundational compute infrastructure, designing and implementing scalable solutions, and mentoring other engineers while ensuring the reliability and performance of systems used by internal teams.ResponsibilitiesLead technical decision making and architecture across the Cloud Foundations surface area, including compute lifecycle, configuration management, infrastructure orchestration, and fleet inventoryDesign and implement scalable, reliable and performant solutions for complex problems such as fleet-wide reboot orchestration, immutable image pipelines, multi-region state management, and service discovery at scaleDefine and build GitHub's Azure paved paths, including event-driven compute, and cloud-native patternsDrive the evolution of foundational systems from data center to Azure-native equivalentsWrite, review, and maintain code primarily in Go, and partner with the team on language and tooling choices for new systemsMentor other engineers in their technical and architectural decision making, and raise the engineering bar through code review and design feedbackParticipate in on-call rotations for the services and systems owned by the team, leading incident response on hard problems and driving the follow-up work that prevents repeat issuesSkills9+ 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 PythonOR 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 PythonOR 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 PythonOR 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 PythonOR 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 PythonOR equivalent experience4+ years building and supporting large, high traffic applications at scale within platform/infrastructure domains4+ years supporting and building cloud native workloads in Azure, AWS or Google Cloud2+ years experience operating fleet-scale compute infrastructure such as hypervisor platforms, configuration management systems, or orchestration tooling6+ years experience with Azure, or any other Cloud ProviderExperience designing or operating paved-path platforms on Azure (Functions, App Service, AKS) or comparable offerings on AWS or GCPExperience with Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or comparable configuration management systems at fleet scaleExperience building or maintaining planetary scale engineering systemsExperience working with a remote, distributed teamBenefitsAnnual bonusStockSales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's roleCompetitive payGenerous learning and growth opportunitiesExcellent benefits to support you, wherever you areRemote-firstCompany OverviewGitHub is a software company that offers code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://github.com.Company H1B SponsorshipGitHub has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2026, 26 in 2025, 17 in 2024, 14 in 2023, 20 in 2022, 20 in 2021, 10 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.