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Principal Software Engineer, Core Productivity

GitHub, Inc.

 

Berlin, Germany

Posted On: 15+ days ago
Experience: 5+ years
Availability: Remote
Openings: 1
Category: Principal Software Engineer
Tenure: No Preference/Any
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Description

You will drive cross-team technical initiatives to improve engineering processes, systems, and architecture for core productivity tools.

This role is remote.

Responsibilities

  • Own technical strategy and ensure architectural consistency across the department.
  • Drive department-wide conversations around technical issues, engineering practices, and architectural standards.
  • Coordinate with engineering and product leads to define, prioritize, and execute projects aligned with business objectives.
  • Provide technical leadership through mentorship, pairing, and code reviews to grow engineers at all levels.
  • Collaborate with design, analytics, and product management to solve complex engineering and product problems.

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of experience designing, developing, shipping, and maintaining high-quality software at scale.
  • Expertise in at least one of: Ruby, Go, .NET, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
  • Deep troubleshooting skills across network, application, caching, queuing, load-balancing, storage, and distributed services layers.
  • Proven experience contributing to technical strategy and roadmaps.
  • Strong asynchronous communication skills for working in a distributed, remote environment.
  • Ability to design and implement scalable systems and software engineering patterns.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Git and GitHub.
  • Understanding of production system monitoring and observability.
  • Ability to blend system design and software engineering concepts pragmatically.

Education

Any Graduate

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