Senior Software Engineer

In this role you can work from Remote, United Kingdom

Join GitHub in shaping the future of project planning and tracking on GitHub as a Senior Software Engineer. Our team enables customers to bring their ideas to life, innovate and collaborate throughout the whole project lifecycle. GitHub Planning and Tracking is a market leading service to manage and track work alongside the code where it happens.

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In this role you will be a leader and multiplier within our distributed team who will not only design, prototype, implement, ship and support highly performant and inspiring user experiences, but will also help us uncover and solve tricky and foundational scaling and user experience problems that will unlock further Copilot integration into GitHub Issues and Projects. Ideally, you are comfortable working across the stack but tilt towards the front end.

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.

• Build experiences that millions of people love and use every day, helping them to be more productive, collaborate more effectively and achieve their goals

• Have a real impact, take on ownership of Contribute to and improve our code base from day one

• Foster technical growth across the team by researching new approaches, sharing insights, and guiding their practical adoption

• Write, review and maintain code primarily in JavaScript (React, TypeScript) and Ruby (Rails)

• Write architecture briefs and proposals, carry out code experiments, and build prototypes to learn how we can achieve planetary scale with our systems

• Work closely with engineering leadership to guide technical investment and implement technical roadmaps and priorities

• Coordinate with engineering and product leads to define, prioritize, and task projects that help us meet business objectives

• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!