Senior Software Engineer

GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance the collaboration experience by building tools that secure software and prevent code vulnerabilities. The role involves working closely with engineers and designers to implement high-quality user experiences and delivering scalable technical solutions across multiple services.

Responsibilities:

• Write, review, and maintain clean, high-quality code primarily in Go, Ruby, JavaScript, or C#, delivering scalable technical solutions across multiple GitHub services
• Collaborate with engineering teammates, product management, and design to define, prioritize, and build innovative new features that align with business objectives
• Provide technical leadership, direction, and thorough code reviews, while fostering team growth through pairing opportunities, delegation, and continuous mentorship
• Write comprehensive architecture briefs and proposals, execute code experiments, and develop prototypes to ensure systems can successfully scale to a planetary level
• Design and implement robust APIs for seamless component integration, and leverage CI/CD tools to establish automated pipelines for continuous delivery
• Own, advocate for, and document the long-term health and quality of the systems you build, including participating in on-call and first responder rotations to triage and respond to production incidents
• Work with support teams to investigate, triage, and debug complex technical support requests

Requirements:

• 6+ 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 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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ 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 2+ 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
• OR equivalent experience
• Minimum 2 years experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or a similar language)
• Minimum 2 years experience using general purpose programming languages (e.g., Go, Ruby, or a similar language)
• Minimum 3 years experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts