Senior Staff Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Gap Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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About the role
- Lead the evolution of our GitHub Enterprise infrastructure, focusing on modernization, scalability, and the adoption of advanced platform capabilities.
- Architect and implement config-as-code solutions (e.g., Terraform) to manage GitHub organizations, repositories, permissions, and policies at scale.
- Administer and optimize our GitHub Enterprise environment, ensuring reliability and performance for all engineering teams.
- Evaluate and enable GitHub's AI-powered development tools, including GitHub Copilot, Agent HQ, and emerging capabilities that enhance developer productivity and code quality.
- Develop and drive adoption of best practices for source control management, repository structure, branching strategies, and GitHub workflows across the organization.
- Collaborate with security, compliance, and engineering teams to establish governance policies and automation for our GitHub Enterprise platform.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support our build and deploy systems.
- Provide technical guidance, documentation, and training to help teams adopt new GitHub capabilities and workflows effectively.
- Monitor and improve the performance, reliability, and usability of our source control platform, incorporating feedback from users across the organization.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on build engineering, CI/CD, and platform administration.
- Significant hands-on experience administering and managing GitHub Enterprise Server in production environments, including upgrades, performance tuning, high availability configurations, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, including organization management, security configurations, and platform administration (highly desirable).
- Proficient with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform) and have experience managing platform configurations declaratively.
- Deep expertise in Git and source control best practices, including experience guiding large organizations through Git workflow improvements.
- Proficient with modern CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Artifactory, and related DevOps tooling.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in large-scale production environments.
- Well-versed in major cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, etc.) and have a track record of leading infrastructure migrations at scale.
- Significant experience leading complex, multi-team projects in distributed environments, with strong stakeholder management skills.
- Passionate about developer experience and thrive on making complex workflows simpler, faster, and more reliable.
- Enjoy collaborating across teams and disciplines, and you're skilled at translating developer needs into scalable platform solutions.
- Take pride in building systems that are well-documented, maintainable, and widely adopted across the organization.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
GitHub EnterpriseTerraformCI/CDGitGitHub ActionsDockerKubernetesAzureGCPsource control management
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementcollaborationtechnical guidancedocumentationtrainingproblem-solvingproject leadershipdeveloper experienceworkflow simplificationcommunication