Principal Software Engineering Manager

<b>Overview</b><br><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span>As a Principal Engineering Manager on the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) Release team, you will lead the team responsible for critical parts of the GHES release pipeline. This includes OS and container builds across the platform, infrastructure, and application layers; package generation and certification; integration test environments; and distribution of release artifacts through Azure, AWS, and GCP.</span><span> </span></span></p></div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span>In this role, you will define technical and operational priorities for the team, drive execution across a complex release surface, and partner across engineering organizations to ensure GHES ships as a high-quality, secure, and dependable appliance for enterprise customers.</span></span></p></div><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Lead, grow, and develop a team of engineers responsible for GHES release systems, validation environments, and package delivery workflows.</span> </span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Own the engineering roadmap for GHES release systems, balancing reliability, velocity, operational health, and long-term platform investments.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Drive execution across build, package generation, validation, certification, and customer delivery workflows for GHES releases.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Ensure the team delivers reliable, representative, and scalable integration test environments that support continuous validation of GHES releases.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Drive improvements in CI quality, signal reliability, issue detection, and triage, partnering across teams to improve release readiness and reduce time to resolution.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Partner with engineering leaders across platform, infrastructure, application, and release teams to improve release readiness, debugging, and root-cause analysis.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Establish and drive standards for release reliability, observability, compliance, and operational excellence across build, release, and certification workflows.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Set investment priorities for the GHES Release team, balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term improvements in reliability, efficiency, and engineering velocity.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Build an inclusive, high-performing team culture grounded in accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span>Ensure strong operational ownership of release infrastructure, including clear accountability, effective incident response, and continuous improvement following critical issues.</span><span> </span></span></p></li></ul></div><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><div><div><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong>Required Qualifications: </strong></span></p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">9+ years' experience in software engineering, computer science, or related technical discipline </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Java, </span></p></li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">3+ years’ experience leading engineering teams delivering complex infrastructure, platform, release, or validation systems. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience setting technical direction and driving execution across multiple engineers or teams in a complex cross-functional environment. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Proven ability to hire, coach, and develop engineers while maintaining high standards for technical quality and operational excellence. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Proven ability to partner across organizations, align stakeholders, and improve reliability, delivery predictability, and engineering effectiveness for business-critical systems. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications: </strong></span></p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience managing teams responsible for release engineering, build systems, CI/CD, or validation infrastructure. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience leading teams that support enterprise, on-prem, or appliance-based software delivery. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience driving strategy and execution across multiple dependent engineering teams. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience building organizational capability through coaching, hiring, and team design. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience partnering across platform, infrastructure, application, and release organizations in a highly cross-functional environment. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience improving operational health, reliability, and delivery predictability for business-critical engineering systems. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience establishing strong operating rhythms, prioritization processes, and execution mechanisms for complex engineering areas. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience leading teams through ambiguity and driving alignment across stakeholders with differing priorities. </span></p></li></ul><p style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">#GitHubIndia</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; 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