Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

United States

Engineering

Experienced Professional

Individual Contributor

Yes

5715

Full Time

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Job Description

About GitHub

GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.

Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

Overview

The Code and Review organization owns GitHub’s core code collaboration experience — from navigating code and creating pull requests through reviewing changes and merging them safely at scale. We build the user experiences, platform systems, and AI-powered capabilities behind diffs, comments, reviews, mergeability, merge queue, and Copilot code review, helping developers collaborate effectively and ship high-quality code.

We are looking for creative problem solvers and diverse thinkers, people who care about culture as well as customers and features. We believe that how we do things is as important as what we do. Big vision, a common purpose, passion for quality, curiosity, dedication, and investment in fun and collaboration are what lead to great results. Great products reflect the teams that build them.

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.

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.

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 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.

Apply debugging tools and telemetry to verify assumptions, proactively resolve issues, and optimize code performance and maintainability.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

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, Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Java,

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, Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Java,

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, Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Java,

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, Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Java,

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, Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Java,

OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

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 with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts.

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 products.

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $140,400.00 - USD $372,300.00 /Yr.

• 9+ years software engineering experience or equivalent with proven production coding in languages like Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, or Java.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field with experience adjusted by degree level (associate to doctorate).
• Proven ability to maintain and deliver production software.