About Gap Inc.
At Gap Inc., we create culture as much as we create clothes. Our ambition is to become a high-performing house of iconic American brands that shape culture.
Our portfolio—Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta—each brings a distinct point of view to how we show up in the world and serve our customers.
Old Navy democratizes style with quality and value for all. Gap champions originality through essential pieces that celebrate individuality. Banana Republic is rooted in a spirit of discovery, creating modern pieces inspired by craftsmanship and travel. Athleta champions the Power of She through confidence, strength, and movement.
We’re driven by a shared purpose: to bridge gaps—between people, perspectives, and possibilities—to create a better world.
We’re building a team that performs at a high level—people who think boldly, take ownership, and turn ideas into impact. If you’re ready to learn fast and help shape what’s next, you’ll fit right in.
About the Role
The Build team makes it easier and faster to build high-quality applications at Gap by providing a comprehensive and opinionated set of development tools and CI/CD infrastructure.
Our objective is to maximize developer productivity by enabling streamlined workflows, robust source control management, intelligent automation, and the promotion of modern engineering best practices.
As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you'll lead the evolution and modernization of our GitHub infrastructure in collaboration with other engineering platform teams to create a seamless, AI-augmented developer experience.
What You'll Do
- 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.
Who You Are
- You have 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on build engineering, CI/CD, and platform administration.
- You have significant hands-on experience administering and managing GitHub Enterprise Server in production environments, including upgrades, performance tuning, high availability configurations, and troubleshooting.
- You have experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, including organization management, security configurations, and platform administration (highly desirable).
- You are proficient with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform) and have experience managing platform configurations declaratively.
- You have deep expertise in Git and source control best practices, including experience guiding large organizations through Git workflow improvements.
- You are proficient with modern CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Artifactory, and related DevOps tooling.
- You have experience with Docker and Kubernetes in large-scale production environments.
- You're well-versed in major cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, etc.) and have a track record of leading infrastructure migrations at scale.
- You have significant experience leading complex, multi-team projects in distributed environments, with strong stakeholder management skills.
- You are passionate about developer experience and thrive on making complex workflows simpler, faster, and more reliable.
- You enjoy collaborating across teams and disciplines, and you're skilled at translating developer needs into scalable platform solutions.
- You take pride in building systems that are well-documented, maintainable, and widely adopted across the organization.
Benefits at Gap Inc.
- Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
- One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
- Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
- Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
- Employee stock purchase plan.*
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
- See more of the benefits we offer.
*For eligible employees
Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.
Salary Range: $181,400 - $235,800 USD
Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.
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