About the role
Design, develop, test and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others; support teams in producing extensible and maintainable code, ensuring integration with downstream dependencies and adherence to quality standards. 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. Lead
the team in developing comprehensive testing strategies, defining success metrics, and incorporating customer feedback to drive continuous improvement. Champion security across GitHub Actions by designing and implementing isolation mechanisms for untrusted code execution, ensuring compliance with enterprise security
requirements, and partnering with Security teams to protect against 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. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and demonstrated technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, Rust OR equivalent experience. Demonstrated experience with large-scale system architecture and design, particularly in cloud-based environments, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices. Technical leadership and hands on coding experience. Cloud Background Check Experience using general purpose programming languages (e.g., Go, Ruby, or a similar language) Experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or a similar language) Experience building or operating CI/CD systems at scale
About Swiftkey
SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages. SwiftKey was founded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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Location
Czechia
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
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