Software Engineer, Github
Copilot
$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
- 2+ years experience building high traffic services at scale
- 2+ years experience building and/or consuming REST-style APIs
- Experience architecting highly available, high volume APIs
- Experience writing, reviewing and maintaining code in Go or Ruby on Rails or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree and or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience with distributed systems at global scale
- Experience working with a remote, distributed team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Interest or prior experience in modern AI/machine learning technologies, Large Language Models or similar
- Passionate about fostering good API Design practices and processes
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer on the Copilot Extensibility Team, you will work closely with a distributed, diverse, and passionate team of engineers and product managers with multiple teams across GitHub and Microsoft to improve and maintain our platform that integrators depend on in their software development cycle
- Together, we are dedicated to shaping the future of software development by continuously enhancing AI-powered capabilities in GitHub and beyond
- The Copilot team is highly distributed and you will thrive in an environment of remote work and asynchronous communication
- You're expected to have strong written communication skills and be able to develop working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe
- As an engineer at GitHub you'll always be challenged to solve interesting and novel problems that have real impact on how the world builds software
- Lead technical decision making and architecture
- Design and implement scalable, reliable and performant solutions for problems like rate-limiting, request routing, etc
- Write, review, and maintain code primarily in Go
- Mentor other engineers in their technical and architectural decision making
Our take
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.
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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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