[Remote] Senior Software Engineer

Remote · USA Full-time New today

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the future of Copilot Chat on GitHub.com. This role involves building intelligent, context-aware experiences that integrate directly into developers' workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the quality of the systems developed.

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

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
1+ years experience building agent-based experiences on top of large language models (LLM's) including prompt engineering, tool use, and agentic workflow design
Hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies (e.g., React, CSS, HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript) and design systems
2 + years experience using general purpose programming languages (e.g., Go, Ruby, or similar)
Hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies (e.g., React, CSS, HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript) and design systems
Minimum 2 years experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or similar)
Minimum 2 years experience using general purpose programming languages (e.g., Go, Ruby, or similar)
Minimum 3 years experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts

Benefits

Annual bonus
Stock
Sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role
Competitive pay
Generous learning and growth opportunities
Excellent benefits

Company Overview

GitHub is a software company that offers code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://github.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

GitHub has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2026, 26 in 2025, 17 in 2024, 14 in 2023, 20 in 2022, 20 in 2021, 10 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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