About Gap Inc.
Our brands bridge the gaps we see in the world. Old Navy democratizes style to ensure everyone has access to quality fashion at every price point. Athleta unleashes the potential of every woman, regardless of body size, age or ethnicity. Banana Republic believes in sustainable luxury for all. And Gap inspires the world to bring individuality to modern, responsibly made essentials.
This simple idea—that we all deserve to belong, and on our own terms—is core to who we are as a company and how we make decisions. Our team is made up of thousands of people across the globe who take risks, think big, and do good for our customers, communities, and the planet. Ready to learn fast, create with audacity and lead boldly? Join our team.
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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