Senior Software Engineer - GitHub Actions

## About the role - Design, develop, test and ship high-quality technical solutions across GitHub Actions services. - Participate in code reviews, pairing sessions, and technical discussions that raise the quality bar for the team. - Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on-call for first responder rotations and live incidents. - Design and implement APIs to facilitate seamless integration between software components. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partner with stakeholders and lead discussions for technical solutions, including design and cost considerations. - Contribute to comprehensive testing strategies, define success metrics, and incorporate customer feedback to drive continuous improvement. - Support security across GitHub Actions by implementing isolation mechanisms for untrusted code execution and partnering with Security teams to address vulnerabilities in our services. - Champion operational excellence by improving system reliability, reducing incident response times, and establishing best practices for monitoring, alerting, and runbooks across Actions services. - Drive and support technical roadmap that aligns with product goals, ensuring that engineering efforts are strategically prioritized and incorporating the adoption of new technologies and methodologies where applicable. ## Requirements - Proven, substantial professional experience in software engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline, with a track record of independently owning and delivering production software end-to-end. - Working fluency in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, or Java — applied in production systems at scale. - A degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent depth of professional experience. - Significant experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python). - Experience designing or operating distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. - Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, or hands-on experience building or operating CI/CD systems.