Senior Software Engineer, Github
$124-329k
AI-powered developer platform to build, scale & deliver secure software
Be an early applicant
AI-powered developer platform to build, scale & deliver secure software
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$124-329k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help every developer—regardless of experience level—learn, code, and ship software effectively.
Role
Who you are
- 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 field
- OR equivalent experience
- 3+ years of Ruby, or Go experience
- 3+ years of experience in working in Azure, AWS or GCP
- 3+ years of experience working with CI/CD pipelines
Desirable
- 3+ years of experience working remotely as part of a distributed software engineering team
- 5+ years working with cloud technologies, Azure, AWS
- 3+ years of working with Terraform and Kubernetes
- 3+ years of Experience working within a DX organization
- You have excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written. (as a distributed team, we are extra mindful about communication)
- You are a clear and effective communicator, be it when you write code, write emails, or explain complex technical issues to non-technical co-workers
What the job involves
- The Developer Experience (DX) organization is seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Build and Test team, part of the group responsible for the foundational systems that power GitHub's internal development workflows
- DX focuses on improving how GitHub engineers build, test, and ship software across the company—operating at significant scale and complexity
- Our work spans CI/CD platforms, developer tooling, virtualized infrastructure, and the paved paths that enable teams to move quickly while maintaining reliability and security
- The Build and Test team owns the core build and continuous integration systems used across GitHub
- We provide the tooling, services, and operational support that allow engineers to deliver changes to production safely and efficiently
- This includes running highly available, company-wide CI platforms; partnering closely with application and platform teams to improve reliability and performance; and continuously reducing friction in the developer workflow
- The team plays a critical role in maintaining trust in GitHub's build and test infrastructure while balancing speed, scale, and stability
- GitHub's continued growth brings both opportunity and complexity
- As a Senior Engineer in this role, you will work within a distributed team operating mission-critical systems in a fast-moving environment
- You'll work closely with engineers across the company to improve CI reliability, reduce test flakiness, respond to incidents, and evolve our platforms to meet the needs of a rapidly scaling organization
- This role blends technical leadership, deep engineering expertise, and operational ownership, with a direct impact on the daily experience of GitHub engineers and the quality of the products used by millions of developers worldwide
- Collaborate with engineering teams, product management, customers, and engineering leadership to align on and understand the problems we want to solve
- Drive technical solutions to GitHub's most critical problems, often unblocking others through design guidance and hands-on contribution, via real-time conversations in Slack or Zoom and with asynchronous communication in GitHub Issues, PRs, Discussions, and Projects
- Communicate effectively to stakeholders and leadership on technical direction, progress, and risks
- Partner across the team and with stakeholders, building relationships, and identifying technical opportunities and areas of improvement
- Driving good architectural design outcomes, secure and resilient systems, and quality code
- Iteratively shipping features and bug fixes, balancing speed to market with future velocity
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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