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[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Monolith Platform

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 for the Monolith Platform team. The role involves designing, prototyping, implementing, and supporting scalable solutions that enhance collaboration experiences 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
  • 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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