Staff Engineering Manager, Planning & Tracking

GitHub, Inc.

7d • Remote

About The Position

Join us in shaping the future of project planning and tracking on GitHub. Our team enables customers to bring their ideas to life, innovate and collaborate throughout the whole project lifecycle. GitHub Planning and Tracking is a market-leading service to manage and track work alongside the code where it happens.
Learn more about GitHub’s project management tools: https://github.com/features/#features-project-management
In this role you will be a leader and multiplier within our distributed team who will not only manage
people, but also help design, prototype, implement, ship and support software that helps our users
accelerate their own software development lifecycle. You are a confident people manager who is willing
to work alongside the team to solve tough problems, leading by example in the use of modern AI
software development tools to learn and iterate quickly.
We are looking for creative problem solvers and diverse thinkers, people who care about culture as well
as customers and features. We believe that how we do things is as important as what we do. Big vision,
a common purpose, passion for quality, curiosity, dedication, and investment in fun and collaboration
are what lead to great results. Great products reflect the teams that build them.

Requirements

• 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 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 Python OR 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 Python OR 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 Python OR 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 Python OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of full-stack web development experience
• 3+ years people management experience

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of experience leading distributed software engineering teams
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in modern web stacks (e.g. Rails, Go, React, MySQL, GraphQL)
• You have a strong customer focus and data driven approach
• You have excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written. We’re a distributed team so we’re extra mindful about communication
• You are a clear and effective communicator, be it when you write code, write emails, or explain complex technical issues to non-technical co-workers and are passionate and self-motivated, with a demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Build experiences that millions of people love and use every day, helping them to be more productive, collaborate more effectively and achieve their goals
• Lead a talented and distributed group of full-stack engineers
• Have a real impact, take on ownership of GitHub.com. Contribute to and improve our code base from day one
• Foster technical growth across the team by researching new approaches, sharing insights, and guiding their practical adoption of AI tools
• Contribute to a full-stack codebase in JavaScript (React, TypeScript) and Ruby (Rails)
• Write architecture briefs and proposals, carry out code experiments, and build prototypes to learn how we can achieve planetary scale with our systems
• Work closely with the team and engineering leadership to guide technical investment and implement technical roadmaps and priorities
• Collaborate closely with product and design leads to define, prioritize, and task projects that solve customer problems in the agentic era
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to grow the team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level