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Principal Group Engineering Manager - Microsoft
Engineering Manager
Lead a high‑impact engineering team that builds and operates the core developer experience platform at GitHub, delivering scalable CI/CD, tooling, and virtualized infrastructure using cloud and SRE best practices.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a multi‑disciplinary team responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of GitHub's internal developer experience platform.
- Define and drive the roadmap for CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and virtualized infrastructure that serve thousands of engineers.
- Partner with product, security, and reliability teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and meet high‑availability targets.
- Establish engineering standards, best practices, and automation frameworks to improve developer productivity and reduce cycle time.
- Own end‑to‑end service reliability, incident response, and continuous improvement processes.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on large‑scale infrastructure, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
- Proven track record leading technical teams and delivering complex, high‑impact projects.
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and automation languages such as Python.
- Strong understanding of site reliability engineering principles, security, and performance optimization.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across cross‑functional groups.
Skills
cicdkubernetespython