Position Details

Salary $140K – $372K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 9+ years

Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; Master's or PhD preferred

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Staff Engineering Manager to lead the GitHub Copilot AI inference platform, directing architectural decisions, resource deployment, and the experiment-to-production pipeline at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Drive and support technical roadmap
Facilitate cross-team communications
Drive employee growth and development
Design scalable, secure, observable systems
Champion telemetry-driven development

Technical Overview

Strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and generative AI serving; proven ability to mentor engineers and drive cross-team collaboration; focus on observability and reliability.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with 9+ years of experience and 3+ years of people management, capable of leading the GitHub Copilot AI inference platform. They should have strong distributed systems experience, cloud-native knowledge, and a track record of shipping secure, observable systems at scale.

Must-Have Skills

9+ years in Software Engineering or equivalent with production software delivery experience (via multiple pathways)3+ years people management

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience in scripting (BashPython)Cloud native conceptsLarge-scale distributed systemsCross-functional collaboration with product and design

Tools & Platforms

DatadogSentryAzure Data ExplorerKubernetesDockerTerraformGitHubJiraConfluence

Required Skills

9+ years in Software Engineering with production delivery experience; 3+ years people management; languages include CC++C#JavaJavaScriptGoRubyRustor Python; experience with KubernetesDockerand cloud environments; telemetry and observability tooling; CI/CD; platform engineering

Hard Skills

CC++C#JavaJavaScriptGoRubyRustPythonKubernetesDockerCI/CDCloudObservabilityTelemetryDatadogSentryAzure Data Explorer

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCommunicationCross-team collaborationStrategic thinkingOwnershipDecision making

Certifications

Preferred

SAFePMPPgMPAgile certifications

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Lead the GitHub Copilot AI inference platform engineering effort and ensure scalable, reliable AI serving at scale

Role Subtype Staff Engineering Manager

Tech Domains Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Docker, Datadog, Sentry, Azure Data Explorer

Keywords for Your Resume

Staff Engineering ManagerCopilot APIAI inference platformdistributed systemscloud environmentsKubernetesDockerDatadogSentryAzure Data ExplorerCI/CDAutomationPlatform EngineeringSite ReliabilitySREtech leadershipremoteGoPython

Deal Breakers

Less than 3 years of people management, Lack of distributed systems or cloud-native experience, Inability to work with a remote, globally distributed team

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