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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Foundations Team - **Company:** GitHub - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Code Review, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Github, Python (Programming Language), Ansible, Ruby, Service Discovery, Software Engineering, Rust (Programming Language), Google Cloud, Information Technology, Asynchronous Programming, Puppet, Golang - **Published:** July 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/8f900d95-a836-412c-9d3c-ff40c3f71c85 ## About the Role * 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. * 4+ years building and supporting large, high traffic applications at scale within platform/infrastructure domains * 4+ years supporting and building cloud native workloads in Azure, AWS or Google Cloud * 2+ years experience operating fleet-scale compute infrastructure such as hypervisor platforms, configuration management systems, or orchestration tooling, * 6+years experience with Azure, or any other Cloud Provider * Experience designing or operating paved-path platforms on Azure (Functions, App Service, AKS) or comparable offerings on AWS or Google Cloud Platform * Experience with Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or comparable configuration management systems at fleet scale * Experience building or maintaining planetary scale engineering systems * Experience working with a remote, distributed team ## Description As a Staff Software Engineer on the Cloud Foundations Team, you will work closely with a distributed, diverse, and passionate team of engineers to lead the technical direction of a platform that hundreds of internal teams depend on. You will design and implement systems that span hypervisor lifecycle, configuration management, image pipelines, infrastructure orchestration, fleet automation, and the Azure paved paths that GitHub's next generation of services will be built on, with a focus on safety, reliability, and reducing operational toil. The Cloud Foundations Team is highly distributed, and you will thrive in an environment of remote work and asynchronous communication. You're expected to have strong written communication skills and be able to develop working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe. As an engineer at GitHub, you'll always be challenged to solve interesting and novel problems that have a real impact on how the world builds software. Responsibilities * Lead technical decision making and architecture across the Cloud Foundations surface area, including compute lifecycle, configuration management, infrastructure orchestration, and fleet inventory * Design and implement scalable, reliable and performant solutions for complex problems such as fleet-wide reboot orchestration, immutable image pipelines, multi-region state management, and service discovery at scale * Define and build GitHub's Azure paved paths, including event-driven compute, and cloud-native patterns * Drive the evolution of foundational systems from data center to Azure-native equivalents * Write, review, and maintain code primarily in Go, and partner with the team on language and tooling choices for new systems * Mentor other engineers in their technical and architectural decision making, and raise the engineering bar through code review and design feedback * Participate in on-call rotations for the services and systems owned by the team, leading incident response on hard problems and driving the follow-up work that prevents repeat issues ## About GitHub GitHub is **_where people build software_**. 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