Staff Security Engineer, Github
$140.4-372.3k
AI-powered developer platform to build, scale & deliver secure software
Posted today
AI-powered developer platform to build, scale & deliver secure software
1001+ employees
Posted today
$140.4-372.3k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help every developer—regardless of experience level—learn, code, and ship software effectively.
Role
Who you are
- 9+ 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 8+ 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 or related field AND 7+ 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 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 Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ 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 equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience with identity directories and IDPs (e.g., Okta, Entra ID / Azure AD) and authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM)
- Experience leading an enterprise IDP migration or large-scale identity platform consolidation, including parity validation, device trust, and phased cutovers
- Experience operating IAM services in one or more major cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience designing systems and APIs intended for programmatic or AI-agent consumption (e.g., structured tool APIs, agentic workflows, paved-path templates)
- Experience providing technical leadership for a production identity services
What the job involves
- As part of Infrastructure Security – Identity & Access Management, you will set the architectural direction across entitlements, privileged access, identity lifecycle, identity federation, and secured admin workstations
- You will lead by example as a hands-on engineer, mentor senior ICs, and act as the IAM team's technical voice in cross-org design reviews
- This role exists to make secure access boring at GitHub scale through code, paved paths, and agent-consumable interfaces, not policy memos
- Set the technical direction for GitHub's identity and access management service area
- Lead architecture and design across identity lifecycle, entitlements, privileged access, identity federation, and the workforce IDP
- Author and shepherd design reviews
- Lead multi-quarter IAM platform evolution
- Take complex identity programs (e.g. , IDP migrations, privileged access maturation, identity lifecycle automation) from architecture through production rollout
- Prioritize long-term correctness over shallow wins; design for reversibility, parity validation, and phased cutovers that let dependent workstreams proceed without regression
- Make least-privilege and just-in-time access the default for production systems
- Lead the design of least privileged access within production systems; partner with adjacent Engineering teams on evolving production system access patterns
- Own reliability, supportability, and operational maturity for IAM services
- Participate in and provide technical leadership for the on-call rotation; lead postmortems; reduce incident volume through systemic fixes
- Set the quality bar for testing, observability, deployment safety, and rollback across the IAM service area
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the bar for code and design review
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
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
Kyle Daigle
(COO)Prior to GitHub, Kyle took on developer-focused challenges as an engineering and product leader in startups, working in FinTech, real estate, and consulting.
Vladimir Fedorov
(CTO)Before joining GitHub, Vlad co-founded UserClouds, a startup specializing in data governance and privacy. He spent 12 years at Facebook as SVP, leading engineering teams across Privacy, Ads, and Platform.
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