Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is an AI-powered developer platform used by developers and organizations to build, scale, and deliver secure software. The Staff Software Engineer will drive the evolution of enterprise-focused identity and authorization services by designing, implementing, shipping, and supporting resilient, scalable platform systems while providing technical leadership and collaborating with engineering and product partners.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services and become intimately familiar with the systems you build and take pride in writing maintainable code
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others; support teams in producing extensible and maintainable code, ensuring integration with downstream dependencies and adherence to quality standards
- Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on-call for first responder rotations and live incidents
- Write architecture briefs and proposals and carry out code experiments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partner with stakeholders and lead discussions for technical solutions, including design and cost considerations
- Create and guide others in 1) developing clear testing plans to assure solution quality, reliability, and performance; 2) defining success metrics; and 3) integrating customer/cross-team feedback for continuous improvement - all while ensuring system architecture meets security and compliance standards
- Maintain executional and operational excellence within and potentially across teams/organizations
- Drive and support technical roadmap that aligns with product goals, ensuring that engineering efforts are strategically prioritized and incorporating the adoption of new technologies and methodologies where applicable
- Offer and receive feedback to grow yourself and the team
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
- * 2+ years experience in technical leadership roles such as tech lead, team lead or equivalent
- * Demonstrated experience with large-scale system architecture and design, particularly in cloud-based environments, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices
- * Experience utilizing AI or agentic workflows for implementation and enhancing impact
- * Experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or a similar language), technologies and software platforms, (e.g., Ruby, React, Go, Javascript/typescript, MySQL, cosmosDB, Elasticsearch), front-end frameworks (e.g., React.js), and / or telemetry dashboard (e.g., Datadog, Sentry, Azure Data Explorer)
- * Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality products
- * Passionate about healthy team culture and collaboration
- * Experience working with a remote, distributed team
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement
- Generous learning and growth opportunities
- Excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are
- Annual bonus for certain roles
- 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
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