Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform and the platform behind GitHub Copilot. The Staff Software Engineer will build, maintain, and evolve scalable, reliable backend services and APIs for Copilot AI Models, while improving system performance, resilience, safety, and operational excellence. The role also includes technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, architecture design, mentorship, and ownership of production system health.
Responsibilities
- 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
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others
- 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
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
- 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
- Minimum 4 years experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or a similar language)
- Minimum 4 years experience using general purpose programming languages (e.g., Go, Ruby, or a similar language)
- Minimum 5 years experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts
Benefits
- Annual bonus for certain eligible roles
- Stock for certain eligible roles
- Sales incentives based on revenue or utilization for certain eligible roles, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role
- Remote work in the United States
- Generous learning and growth opportunities
- Excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are
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