Senior Software Engineer, Github
Supply Chain Security
$112.8-299.3k
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
$112.8-299.3k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help every developer—regardless of experience level—learn, code, and ship software effectively.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a background in large distributed systems, high-throughput cloud architectures, and an obsession with getting genuine accuracy in squishy domains.
- You’re an outside-the-box thinker with an interest in the cutting edge, but a strong pragmatic streak. People tend to follow your lead because you go to sensible places
- 6+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering 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 5+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fie
- OR equivalent experience
- 6+ years of experience with relational databases (MySQL, PSQL, MSSQL, etc)
- 1+ year experience shipping production software on a big 3 cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preferred Qualifications:
- At least one year of experience as a non-management team lead
- Previous experience
- Working at a senior level on a cyber security product
- Working at a relatively large scale (billions of writes/day)
- Building ETL pipelines and succeeding with asynchronous architectures
- Building with frontier AI models
- Maintaining non-obscure open source projects
- Interest in Software Composition Analysis
- Strong passion for Ruby and/or Go
- An understanding of GitHub’s place in the open source software world
- Deep opinions on Dependabot
- An unshakable belief that winners ship
What the job involves
- As an engineer at GitHub, you will work with a distributed, diverse and passionate team delivering the services that millions of developers rely on to build their own software
- The Dependabot team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us create a world-class offering in the Software Composition Analysis (SCA) space.
- 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
- Mentor junior engineers
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews
- 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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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.)
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums covered by GitHub for you + your dependents. (Includes gender-affirming benefits)
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
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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