Sr Staff Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

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 Git Hub infrastructure in collaboration with other engineering platform teams to create a seamless, AI‑augmented developer experience.

• Lead the evolution of our Git Hub 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 Git Hub organizations, repositories, permissions, and policies at scale.
• Administer and optimize our Git Hub Enterprise environment, ensuring reliability and performance for all engineering teams.
• Evaluate and enable Git Hub's AI‑powered development tools, including Git Hub 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 Git Hub workflows across the organization.
• Collaborate with security, compliance, and engineering teams to establish governance policies and automation for our Git Hub 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 Git Hub capabilities and workflows effectively.
• Monitor and improve the performance, reliability, and usability of our source control platform, incorporating feedback from users across the organization.

• 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 Git Hub Enterprise Server in production environments, including upgrades, performance tuning, high availability configurations, and troubleshooting.
• You have experience with Git Hub 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 Git Hub Actions, Artifactory, and related Dev Ops 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.