Software Engineer, Github
Copilot Agent Services
AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software
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AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help every developer—regardless of experience level—learn, code, and ship software effectively.
Role
Who you are
- A few years of experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND experience
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- OR equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience with distributed systems at global scale
- Experience working with a remote, distributed team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Interest or prior experience in modern AI/machine learning technologies, Large Language Models or similar
- Passionate about fostering good API Design practices and processes
What the job involves
- GitHub Copilot has changed the way software is built, and we have a unique opportunity to look further ahead to identify how software development can be faster, safer, easier, and more accessible
- We’re looking for a talented and experienced Software Engineer to join us in this mission!
- GitHub Copilot Agent Services owns the platform that expands Copilot's abilities with powerful AI agents in a rich ecosystem of developer tools and services as part of our industry-leading experiences
- As a Software Engineer on the Copilot Agent Services Team, you will work closely with a distributed, diverse, and passionate team of engineers and product managers with multiple teams across GitHub and Microsoft to improve and maintain our platform that integrators depend on in their software development cycle
- Together, we are dedicated to shaping the future of software development by continuously enhancing AI-powered capabilities in GitHub and beyond
- The Copilot team is highly distributed and you will thrive in an environment of remote work and asynchronous communication
- You're expected to have strong written communication skills and be able to develop working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe
- As an engineer at GitHub you'll always be challenged to solve interesting and novel problems that have real impact on how the world builds software
- Design, develop, test and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement innovative solutions
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others
- Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on-call and first responder rotations
- Write architecture briefs and proposals, carry out code experiments, and build prototypes to learn how we can achieve planetary scale with our systems
- Design and implement APIs to facilitate seamless integration between software components
- Utilize CI/CD tools to set up automated pipelines for continuous integration and delivery
- Become intimately familiar with the systems you build and take pride in writing maintainable code
Our take
GitHub was founded to make a developer’s job easier with open and asynchronous communication, distributed version control, and source code management with Git. In the first year alone, 100,000 users were pushing code on the site.
GitHub has quickly become the world’s most popular platform for developers to collaborate on open-source projects from anywhere. Nearly every major company including Facebook, Google, and Apple hosts open-source projects on GitHub.
Github's work culture reflects its global community, with employees collaborating remotely from all over the world. In 2018, Microsoft acquired the company as part of its broader strategy to enhance cloud computing services. Since then, GitHub has been dedicated to evolving its platform, consistently investing in ongoing development to better serve its users.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2015
$250m
SERIES B
Jul 2012
$100m
SERIES A
Total funding: $350m
Company benefits
- Flexible time away to support balance in your work and life
- Clear diversity, inclusion, and anti-discrimination policies backed by business practices and company culture
- Five months of paid family leave to all new parents with the option to use it all at once or throughout the child’s first year
- Family forming benefits that cover fertility, infertility, adoption, and surrogacy costs and support
- Mental health benefits that offer resources and support and cover therapy and coaching sessions for you and your dependents
- Generous 401(k) matching with 50% match up to the IRS 402(g) limit (US; competitive non-US pension options internationally)
- Employee stock purchase plan that lets you purchase Microsoft stock at a discount. (Microsoft is our parent company.)
Company values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Thomas Dohmke
(CEO)Currently a Board Member at Spice AI. Previously a Principal Director of PM at Microsoft, Co-Founder at HockeyApp / Bit Stadium GmbH and Codenauts GmbH.
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