About GitHub
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United Kingdom.
Overview
We are seeking a
Staff Software Engineer
to join the Codespaces team and drive the continued evolution of cloud-based development for GitHub and its users. In this role, you will play a critical part in shaping and implementing the future of the Codespaces product. You will work directly with developers and customers to help define the future of cloud development environments and AI experiences across GitHub.com. You will work with a strong team of developers to design and build a platform that is secure, reliable, and fun to develop on. This position is not only about designing solutions but also involves writing and shipping large amounts of code/features.
Responsibilities
Work with the team to understand technical constraints, and develop, communicate, and track against realistic plans to consistently ship products, features, and bug fixes. Coordinate with engineering and product leadership to define and prioritize projects that help us meet business objectives. Ensure the team builds software that is architecturally consistent and of high quality to reliably meet customer needs. Support a highly available service used by millions of users daily. Help cultivate an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging. Help ensure that individuals on the team are learning, growing, and advancing in their respective careers. Mentor, pair, and delegate work to encourage the professional and technical growth of your team and those around you. Contribute as a leader and influencer for Codespaces and Copilot Workspace engineering. Participate in on-call rotations with your team. Offer and receive feedback to grow yourself and the team.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: Many years of 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#, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++. A couple of years experience in technical leadership roles such as tech lead, team lead, or equivalent. A few years of experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) concepts. Preferred Qualifications: A passion for fostering good engineering practices, tools, and processes, with a strong interest in mentoring and developing engineers. Excellent analytical and communication skills, both verbal and written, with a focus on effective collaboration in a distributed team environment. A strong customer focus and a data-driven approach to problem-solving and decision-making. Proven experience in building, operating, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems, including incident response and participation in 24/7 on-call rotations. Hands-on experience with container orchestration, virtualization, and service mesh technologies. Expertise in large language model (LLM) technologies, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and online/offline evaluation methods. Familiarity with Azure and its ecosystem of tools and services. Other Qualifications: Ability to meet GitHub, customer, and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft, GitHub’s parent company, Cloud Screen upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. GitHub values Customer-obsessed Ship to learn Growth mindset Own the outcome Better together Diverse and inclusive Manager fundamentals Model Coach Care Leadership principles Create clarity Generate energy Deliver success
Who We Are
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth. Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub. Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms. Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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.
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As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United Kingdom.
Overview
We are seeking a
Staff Software Engineer
to join the Codespaces team and drive the continued evolution of cloud-based development for GitHub and its users. In this role, you will play a critical part in shaping and implementing the future of the Codespaces product. You will work directly with developers and customers to help define the future of cloud development environments and AI experiences across GitHub.com. You will work with a strong team of developers to design and build a platform that is secure, reliable, and fun to develop on. This position is not only about designing solutions but also involves writing and shipping large amounts of code/features.
Responsibilities
Work with the team to understand technical constraints, and develop, communicate, and track against realistic plans to consistently ship products, features, and bug fixes. Coordinate with engineering and product leadership to define and prioritize projects that help us meet business objectives. Ensure the team builds software that is architecturally consistent and of high quality to reliably meet customer needs. Support a highly available service used by millions of users daily. Help cultivate an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging. Help ensure that individuals on the team are learning, growing, and advancing in their respective careers. Mentor, pair, and delegate work to encourage the professional and technical growth of your team and those around you. Contribute as a leader and influencer for Codespaces and Copilot Workspace engineering. Participate in on-call rotations with your team. Offer and receive feedback to grow yourself and the team.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: Many years of 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#, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++. A couple of years experience in technical leadership roles such as tech lead, team lead, or equivalent. A few years of experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) concepts. Preferred Qualifications: A passion for fostering good engineering practices, tools, and processes, with a strong interest in mentoring and developing engineers. Excellent analytical and communication skills, both verbal and written, with a focus on effective collaboration in a distributed team environment. A strong customer focus and a data-driven approach to problem-solving and decision-making. Proven experience in building, operating, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems, including incident response and participation in 24/7 on-call rotations. Hands-on experience with container orchestration, virtualization, and service mesh technologies. Expertise in large language model (LLM) technologies, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and online/offline evaluation methods. Familiarity with Azure and its ecosystem of tools and services. Other Qualifications: Ability to meet GitHub, customer, and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft, GitHub’s parent company, Cloud Screen upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. GitHub values Customer-obsessed Ship to learn Growth mindset Own the outcome Better together Diverse and inclusive Manager fundamentals Model Coach Care Leadership principles Create clarity Generate energy Deliver success
Who We Are
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth. Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub. Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms. Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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.
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