Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, powered by Copilot and used by developers and organizations worldwide. The Principal Software Engineer will join the Git Systems Engineering team to design, scale, operate, and improve highly performant, available services that store and serve Git repositories and enable AI-driven software development. The role provides cross-team technical leadership, mentorship, architectural guidance, and on-call support for live services.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services; build deep familiarity with the systems you own; and write maintainable code
- Document architectural designs and proposals, run targeted experiments, and validate approaches with prototypes
- Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products and integrated with downstream dependencies
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews for solutions and product areas to ensure quality standards are met, while designing for high availability and GitHub-scale performance
- Coordinate with engineering and product owners to define, prioritize, and deliver projects to meet business goals
- Maintain operations of live services as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis. Implement and support others to build solutions and mitigations to complex issues impacting the performance or functionality of Live Site services
- Cultivate an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging
Skills
- * 11+ 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 10+ 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 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, 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 PhD 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 equivalent experience
- * Ability to meet GitHub, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft, GitHub's parent company, Cloud Screen upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
- * Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services
- * Understanding of production system monitoring and observability
- * Ability to think critically about both system design and software engineering concepts and blend those perspectives pragmatically based on project needs
- * Demonstrated experience with large-scale system architecture and design, particularly in cloud-based environments, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices
- * Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality product
Benefits
- Benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock, for certain roles
- Sales incentives based on revenue or utilization for certain roles, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role
- Remote-first work arrangement
- Learning and growth opportunities
- Excellent benefits to support you wherever you are
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