Software Engineer, Github

• The ideal candidate is a team player who is comfortable working in the context of both monoliths and micro-services
• They don’t shy away from hard problems, and have a strong sense of customer empathy
• They are comfortable working closely with engineers at all levels as well as product managers
• 2+ years of experience developing production software using Go, Ruby, JavaScript/TypeScript or equivalent language
• 2+ years of experience building and maintaining web applications
• 2+ years experience with MySQL
• Experience in Go, Ruby/Rails

Desirable

• GitHub is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Authentication team
• This team is part of Identity Core at GitHub
• We are responsible for all things authentication
• We build and maintain the account login services for GitHub, protecting the integrity of user credentials, and providing means of account recovery
• Work on cross-cutting projects to independently scale authentication services
• Implement new and maintain existing authentication flows and management interfaces
• Integrate with third party services that support authentication interfaces
• Troubleshoot customer authentication issues across our product suite in an on-call rotation
• Collaborate with your team, product and design to build new features
• Share technical direction, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others