Principal Engineering Manager
GitHub · United States · Engineering
About this role
GitHub is hiring a manager-level Engineering Manager in the software engineering function as a remote position. The posting calls out experience with Python, JavaScript, Java, Rust.
- Role
- Engineering Manager
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- manager
- Track
- hybrid
- Location
- United States
- Work mode
- Remote
- Department
- Engineering
- Posted
- May 12, 2026
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Job description
from GitHub careersGitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.
Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview
GitHub is looking for a Principal Engineering Manager to lead the development of the GitHub Copilot AI inference platform. This role involves overseeing the allocation and deployment of GitHub's AI resources, managing high-throughput service infrastructure for inference workloads, and improving the experiment-to-production pipeline. This includes operating orchestration frameworks that support generative AI workloads at scale. The ideal candidate will possess a strategic vision, technical leadership in distributed systems and generative AI serving architectures, as well as the ability to mentor senior engineering leaders, build empowered high-trust teams, and foster a culture of technical excellence and experimentation.
The AI infrastructure at GitHub is crucial for the future of software development. As Principal Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for this foundation, ensuring efficient, secure, and business-aligned resource deployment. You will work with a team of architects to guide the platform's evolution through deep technical leadership and organizational stewardship, collaborating with product, infrastructure, and research teams across GitHub and Microsoft to scale, optimize, and safeguard platform integrity.