Principal SWE Manager - Data Engineering GitHub

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Microsoft

Czech Republic, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations

On-site

Posted April 2, 2026

Job Description

Overview

GitHub is growing its Software Engineering team and we’re seeking experienced professionals to enhance our engineering team’s efforts. As a Principal Software Engineering Manager- Data Engineering, you will collaborate with stakeholders to determine feature requirements and enforce code review standards. The ideal candidate will influence project outcomes through your expertise in architecture design, software development, data analysis, and experience collaborating and communicating effectively with a diverse set of stakeholders. 

A week in the life of this role might consist of:

Collaborating with other Engineering Managers to define the future of GitHub engineering and working together to implement that vision

Collaborating with design, analytics, support, and product management to understand the problems we want to solve and exploring how we can solve them

Digging in to the most important issues the department is tackling by asking questions, creating plans, recognizing pitfalls, and raising concerns

Discussing and collaboratively solving engineering and product problems with engineering collaborators in Slack or Teams

Supporting company-wide initiatives

Bringing key plans and execution ideas to the management team

Mentoring other engineers at all experience levels

Responding to issues and review requests from other teams at GitHub

Reviewing your teammates' Pull Requests and providing helpful feedback

Serve as an engineering representative for critical customer conversations to discover what they love and what their pain points are

Embedding in a squad periodically to enable others to tackle challenges and stretch assignments

As a part of Engineering technical leadership, advising on key initiatives, gaps, and technical blind spots

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Engage with project managers and technical leads to determine and refine requirements for features and scenarios, ensuring alignment with customer needs and project goals.

Lead discussions and create proposals for technical solutions, testing design hypotheses, and refining code plans to ensure robust architecture and high-quality outcomes.

Develop and implement code for products, services, or features, ensuring it meets quality standards. Mentor team members in best practices for producing maintainable and extensible code.

Create and execute comprehensive testing plans to assure the quality of solutions, integrating customer feedback to enhance user experience and ensure scalability and reliability.

Identify and manage dependencies during the design and development phases, coordinating with other teams and technologies to optimize performance and security.

Act as a first responder for system issues, developing playbooks and processes to resolve incidents efficiently and maintain system health within service level objectives.

Collect, analyze, and integrate data to inform engineering decisions, driving product refinement and ensuring solutions meet performance expectations.

Identify potential risks in projects and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful project delivery and minimize disruptions.

Hire, coach, and develop top engineering talent, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and demonstrated 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?
5+ year(s) direct people management or leadership experience
Experience with designing a data strategy and leading the development of its core components by building and optimizing scalable data pipelines, integrations, and robust data models that solve complex business challenges.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality products

Experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or a similar language)

Experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts

Experience working with both relational (e.g. mysql) and most importantly non-relational datastores (e.g. Cosmos) as well as operating Cosmos DB clusters at scale

Experience working with Azure resourcing such as Azure Storage (blob and table particularly), Azure Redis Cache, Azure Data Explorer Clusters.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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