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Principal Software Engineer, Front End Web UI Platform

GitHub· Engineering
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Hybrid (United States)$160.2k - $425kUNAVAILABLEPosted 3mo ago

About the role

GitHub seeks a Principal Software Engineer to set technical direction for the web UI platform, expanding frontend capabilities at scale. This is a systems role focusing on performance, accessibility, consistency, and availability across a large, multi-team frontend codebase at GitHub.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical direction for GitHub's web UI platform across performance, accessibility, consistency, and availability, balancing long-term architecture with hands-on execution.
  • Drive large cross-team initiatives and migrations, sequencing the work so the platform moves forward without disrupting active product development.
  • Establish patterns, standards, and paved paths for frontend development that lower cognitive load and scale across many teams.
  • Produce architecture and design proposals, evaluate tradeoffs honestly, and build alignment across engineering, product, and design.
  • Mentor and raise the bar for engineers at every level through design review, code review, and pairing.
  • Represent frontend platform priorities to leadership, securing the support and resourcing needed to deliver.

Qualifications

  • 11+ 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 10+ 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 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, 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 Doctorate 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 equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Technical directionCross-team leadershipArchitecture and designMentoring
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