Software Engineer, Github
Authentication Team
$75-198.9k
Code hosting service for software building
Job no longer available
Code hosting service for software building
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$75-198.9k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help every developer—regardless of experience level—learn, code, and ship software effectively.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a team player who is comfortable working in the context of both monoliths and micro-services
- They don’t shy away from hard problems, and have a strong sense of customer empathy
- They are comfortable working closely with engineers at all levels as well as product managers
- 2+ years of experience developing production software using Go, Ruby, JavaScript/TypeScript or equivalent language
- 2+ years of experience building and maintaining web applications
- 2+ years experience with MySQL
- Experience in Go, Ruby/Rails
Desirable
- Experience in IAM space
- Familiarity with 2FA/MFA, WebAuthn, SSH, PAT, Passwordless authentication concepts
- Comfortable in delivering large ambitious projects using iterative deliverables
- Strong track record of delivering projects
What the job involves
- GitHub is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Authentication team
- This team is part of Identity Core at GitHub
- We are responsible for all things authentication
- We build and maintain the account login services for GitHub, protecting the integrity of user credentials, and providing means of account recovery
- Work on cross-cutting projects to independently scale authentication services
- Implement new and maintain existing authentication flows and management interfaces
- Integrate with third party services that support authentication interfaces
- Troubleshoot customer authentication issues across our product suite in an on-call rotation
- Collaborate with your team, product and design to build new features
- Share technical direction, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
GitHub was founded to make a developer’s job easier with open and asynchronous communication, distributed version control, and source code management with Git. In the first year alone, 100,000 users were pushing code on the site.
GitHub has quickly become the world’s most popular platform for developers to collaborate on open-source projects from anywhere. Nearly every major company including Facebook, Google, and Apple hosts open-source projects on GitHub.
Github's approach to working mirrors its community, with employees collaborating remotely from all corners of the world. In 2018 Microsoft acquired the company as part of its larger strategy focusing on cloud computing services. GitHub is also continually evolving, with rolling investments placed into the continual development of its platform.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2015
$250m
SERIES B
Jul 2012
$100m
SERIES A
Total funding: $350m
Company benefits
- Build amazing things with a balance of autonomy and collaborative teamwork. Set your own work schedule and make use of a flexible PTO plan when you need to recharge
- You’ll enjoy 100% coverage of health insurance premiums across our medical, dental, and vision plan offerings, including coverage for dependents
- We also offer five months of paid family leave to all new parents with the option to use it all at once or throughout the baby’s first year
- GitHub provides a monthly wellness stipend designed to cover anything from gym memberships, massage, meditation apps, or any other wellness related expenses
- Whether you live near an office or not, GitHub believes you can do your best work wherever you are. If you work remotely, you will receive a stipend to outfit your home office and receive reoccurring reimbursement refreshes
- At GitHub, you’ll have a stake in the future success of our platform with equity grants. For full-time employees, we offer competitive 401k planning with a 50% company match up to the IRS 402(g) annual limit
- Learn how you learn best. From books to conferences, you’ll get a yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals
- GitHub matches charitable donations up to $15,000 per calendar year. And for each hour (up to 40 hours) of volunteering per year, you will receive $20 to donate to an organization of your choice
Company values
- Customer Obsessed
- Trust by Default
- Ship to Learn
- Own the Outcome
- Growth Mindset
- Global Product, Global Team
- Anything is Possible
- Practice Kindness
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Thomas Dohmke
(CEO)Currently Board Member at Spice AI. Previously Principal Director of PM at Microsoft, Co-Founder at HockeyApp / Bit Stadium GmbH and Codenauts GmbH. PhD Graduate of Mechanical Engineering at University of Glasgow.
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