Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to build and support GitHub Issues and Projects experiences that help customers plan, track work, and collaborate. The role provides technical leadership while addressing scaling and user-experience challenges and advancing Copilot integration.
Responsibilities
- As part of this team you’ll work on GitHub Issues and Projects and deliver customer value with everything we do
- Build experiences that millions of people love and use every day, helping them to be more productive, collaborate more effectively and achieve their goals
- Have a real impact, take on ownership of GitHub.com. Contribute to and improve our code base from day one
- Foster technical growth across the team by researching new approaches, sharing insights, and guiding their practical adoption
- Write, review and maintain code primarily in JavaScript (React, TypeScript) and Ruby (Rails)
- Write architecture briefs and proposals, carry out code experiments, and build prototypes to learn how we can achieve planetary scale with our systems
- Work closely with engineering leadership to guide technical investment and implement technical roadmaps and priorities
- Coordinate with engineering and product leads to define, prioritize, and task projects that help us meet business objectives
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others
Skills
- 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 o 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Equivalent experience
- 5+ years of React experience on a senior level
- 1+ years of experience working remotely as part of a distributed software engineering team
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in modern web stacks (e.g. Rails, Go, React, MySQL, GraphQL)
- You have a strong customer focus and data driven approach
- You have excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written
- 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
- You are passionate and self-motivated, with a demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock.
- Generous learning and growth opportunities
- Remote-first
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