Full-Time
Staff Software Engineer
Mac Cloud
Updated on 9/3/2026
GitHub
5,001-10,000 employees
Code hosting, collaboration, and enterprise tools
Compensation Overview
$140.4k - $372.3k/yr
Remote in USA
Remote
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD, Associate's
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- At least 9 years of experience in software engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline, with experience maintaining and delivering production software in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python; equivalent education and experience combinations are also accepted as specified.
- Willingness and ability to participate in a rotating on-call schedule providing 24/7 coverage for one week every 2.5 months.
- Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services, while writing maintainable code and taking ownership of the systems built.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews; support teams in producing extensible and maintainable code, integrating downstream dependencies, and adhering to quality standards.
- Own and advocate for the health and quality of team systems, including participating in first-responder on-call rotations and live incidents.
- Write architecture briefs and proposals and conduct code experiments.
- Design and implement application programming interfaces to facilitate integration between software components.
- Use continuous integration and continuous delivery tools to establish automated pipelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders and lead technical solution discussions, including design and cost considerations.
- Create and guide testing plans, define success metrics, integrate customer feedback for continuous improvement, and ensure system architecture meets security and compliance standards.
- Maintain executional and operational excellence within and potentially across teams or organizations.
- Apply debugging tools and telemetry to verify assumptions, resolve issues proactively, and optimize code performance and maintainability.
- Drive and support a technical roadmap aligned with product goals, strategically prioritize engineering efforts, and support adoption of new technologies and methodologies.
- Experience in one or more scripting languages, such as Bash or Python, and technologies or software platforms such as Ruby, React, Go, JavaScript or TypeScript, MySQL, Cosmos DB, Elasticsearch, Datadog, Sentry, or Azure Data Explorer.
- Experience with cloud environments or Cloud Native Computing Foundation concepts.
- Demonstrated experience with large-scale system architecture and design in cloud-based environments, including distributed systems and microservices.
- Experience building or operating continuous integration and continuous delivery systems at scale.
- Experience developing on macOS or iOS platforms.
- Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality products.
GitHub provides a suite of tools for software development, code hosting, and collaboration. It enables developers to write, review, and manage code through hosted repositories, pull requests, issues, and project boards, with built-in CI/CD and security features. Enterprises can use GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server for advanced security, compliance controls, and dedicated support, while individual developers and small teams use the free tier to host and review code. A key differentiator is the integration of code hosting, collaboration, security, and DevOps tools in one platform, plus AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot, which suggests code snippets and functions to speed up development. The company’s goal is to help developers build software faster and more securely at scale by improving collaboration, speeding up code delivery, and reducing security flaws for organizations of all sizes.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$350M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2008
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- June 2026 usage-based billing monetizes heavy Copilot users with pooled AI credits.
- GitHub Enterprise gained data-residency preview, reducing barriers for banks and governments.
- Agentic workflows and Copilot CLI GA deepen lock-in across IDE, CI, and reviews.
What critics are saying
- June 2026 outages pushed Microsoft to route GitHub overflow through AWS.
- Copilot model retirements on September 1, 2026 disrupt enterprise workflows and retraining.
- Usage-based billing in June 2026 raises AI spend and triggers customer pushback.
What makes GitHub unique
- Agent HQ unifies Copilot, Claude, and Codex inside GitHub and VS Code.
- Enterprise data residency now covers Codespaces and Copilot metrics for regulated customers.
- npm staged publishing and trusted publishing harden supply chains across GitHub ecosystems.
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Benefits
A diverse and inclusive workplace - At GitHub, we think that a diverse company is a strong company, and we work hard to foster a supportive and welcoming workplace. Learn more about our commitment to diversity.
Work happier - 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.
Lead from any location - GitHub is a remote-first company with offices located throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. 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.
Put your health and family first - 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.
Find your zen - GitHub provides a monthly wellness stipend designed to cover anything from gym memberships, massage, meditation apps, or any other wellness related expenses.
Invest in your future - 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.
Keep growing - Learn how you learn best. From books to conferences, you’ll get a yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals.
Give back to your community - We believe in sharing our time, resources, and products to contribute to positive social impact. 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.
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↓ -2%Cursor, now part of SpaceXAI, has launched Origin, a new code hosting platform designed to rival GitHub. The platform enables developers to collaborate on codebases, manage pull requests, and store repositories. Origin works alongside GitHub, allowing users to sync repositories between both platforms rather than forcing a complete switch. The launch comes amid mounting frustration over GitHub's reliability issues. The platform has experienced 257 outages over the past year, including a six-hour worldwide outage on the same day Origin launched. Despite these challenges, GitHub remains dominant with 180 million developers using the Microsoft-owned platform as of October. Cursor says "agent native" features and a broader app ecosystem will be added to Origin soon, though details remain limited.
OpenAI does not allow ChatGPT Business and Enterprise users to export their workspace chats through its standard data export option, prompting freelance journalist Conrad Quilty-Harper to create an unofficial solution. Quilty-Harper published scrapemychats on GitHub this week, a free tool that enables affected subscribers to retrieve their chat records. The tool works through a logged-in browser session, storing conversations and attachments in a local archive with an HTML interface that can be accessed offline. OpenAI's help page confirms that Free, Plus, Pro, and some Edu customers can export chats, whilst Business and Enterprise workspaces lack this functionality. Enterprise admins can access logs through OpenAI's Compliance Platform, but these are retained for only 30 days. The tool navigates through ChatGPT accounts and downloads conversation data, though the process is slow due to OpenAI's throttling measures.
42Crunch has launched an API Security Testing Plugin for GitHub Copilot, enabling developers to audit, test and remediate API security vulnerabilities within AI-assisted development workflows. The plugin addresses growing concerns that AI-generated code often contains security flaws, with Veracode reporting 45% of AI-generated code includes known OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. The plugin continuously audits OpenAPI specifications, detects security vulnerabilities, identifies OWASP API Security Top 10 risks, and provides AI-assisted remediation guidance. It aims to ensure security validation scales alongside AI-assisted development rather than becoming a bottleneck. CEO Jacques Declas stated organisations need "deterministic security guardrails that can validate, govern and remediate API security issues at the same speed AI generates them". The plugin is now available to 42Crunch's user base of over two million developers.
GitHub's npm package registry has introduced staged publishing, a security measure requiring maintainer approval before package distribution. The feature, now merged into npm CLI v11.15.0, addresses supply chain vulnerabilities where attackers compromise maintainer accounts to distribute malware through widely used packages. Staged publishing allows developers to submit packages to a staging area using "npm stage publish" rather than publishing directly. A maintainer must then review and approve the package via two-factor authentication before it becomes publicly available. The feature particularly benefits automated workflows, which typically lack 2FA authorization and rely on tokens that can be stolen. Combined with GitHub's trusted publishing using OpenID Connect authentication, staged publishing strengthens the software supply chain, provided developers implement these tools.
Microsoft's $7.5 billion GitHub acquisition in 2018 is proving "one of the best technology acquisitions of the last decade", according to analyst Trey Lockerbie. Since closing, Microsoft shares have returned 340%, reaching $415.40 as of 8 May. Nearly 140,000 organisations now use GitHub Copilot Enterprise, tripling year-over-year, whilst Microsoft's AI business hit a $37 billion annual revenue run rate, up 123% year-over-year. GitHub's usage-based pricing launches 1 June 2026. The platform hosts 100 million registered developers, creating a flywheel effect where developers choosing GitHub subsequently drive Azure cloud adoption. Microsoft reported Q3 FY26 revenue of $82.89 billion, up 18% year-over-year, with earnings per share of $4.27 beating estimates of $4.07.