What you'll do
- Lead a distributed team of full-stack engineers working on GitHub Issues and Projects to improve project planning and tracking.
- Contribute hands-on to a full-stack codebase using JavaScript (React, TypeScript) and Ruby (Rails) while managing and mentoring the team.
- Drive technical growth by researching and adopting modern AI software development tools and guiding technical roadmaps.
- Collaborate closely with product and design leads to prioritize projects that solve customer problems in the agentic era.
- Own and improve GitHub.com with a focus on building experiences that millions of users love and use daily.
What you should know
- This role requires a strong leadership presence with 5+ years of people management and experience leading distributed teams.
- Applicants should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a strong customer and data-driven focus.
- The position offers opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI tools and influence the future of software project management.
- Excellent communication skills are critical due to the distributed nature of the team and cross-functional collaboration.
- Candidates should be prepared to contribute technically while managing, balancing hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities.
About the company
- GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with over 150 million developers and the largest open-source community.
- The company values a customer-obsessed, growth mindset culture emphasizing collaboration, diversity, and inclusion.
- GitHub fosters a remote-first environment with competitive pay, generous learning opportunities, and excellent benefits.
- They emphasize innovation and quality, leveraging AI tools to transform how software is built globally.
- GitHub operates at planetary scale, supporting more than 77,000 organizations and 90% of Fortune 100 companies.
Key required skills
Ruby on RailsReactTypeScriptJavaScriptAI software development tools