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[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Monolith Platform

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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, seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Monolith Platform team. The role involves designing, implementing, and supporting scalable solutions while providing technical leadership and mentorship to enhance collaboration for millions of developers.

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
  • 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
  • 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

Benefits

  • Annual bonus
  • Stock
  • Opportunity to earn 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 to support you, wherever you are
  • Remote-first

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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