Staff Software Engineer - Copilot Productivity

Job title: Staff Software Engineer - Copilot Productivity in USA at GitHub, Inc. Company: GitHub, Inc. Job description: 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 150+ million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate and experiment across 420+ million repositories. 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 States Overview:GitHub is the home for over 100 million developers shaping the future of software. Our mission is to accelerate human progress through collaboration, and we’re building tools that empower developers to create, share, and innovate together.We’re looking for a Staff level Software Engineer to help shape the future of Copilot chat at As a key member of the Copilot Chat team, you’ll collaborate with a dynamic, diverse, and distributed group of engineers, product managers, and designers to revolutionize how developers interact with AI-powered tools. Your expertise will directly influence and enhance Copilot’s capabilities across the GitHub platform, driving innovation and transforming the way millions of developers work every day.At GitHub, you’ll work on technology that transforms how the world builds software—collaborating with talented teams in an inclusive, open, and growth-oriented culture. Let’s reimagine what’s possible with AI and software development together. 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 on a daily basis.

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.
• Write, review, and maintain code primarily in Ruby/Rails, Go, and JavaScript/Typescript.

Qualifications:Required Qualifications:

• 9+ 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

• o OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ 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
• o OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 7+ 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
• o OR Master'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
• o OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ 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
• o OR equivalent experience

3+ years of experience leading technical decision making and architecture for highly available distributed systems * Experience working with large language models (LLMs)Experience with on-call rotations, incident response and site reliability, including diagnosing and resolving complex production issues under pressurePreferred Qualifications:Excellent via async collaboration, documentation, and visibility of workPassionate about fostering effective Engineering practices and processesProficiency in Git and GitHub for version control and collaborative development and branching strategiesExperience with CI/CD Tools: Strong knowledge of CI/CD concepts and best practicesStrong customer focus and data driven approachUnderstanding of production system monitoring and observabilityCompensation Range: The base salary range for this job is USD $127,600.00 - USD $338,500.00 /Yr.These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role. GitHub Leadership Principles: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 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). 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. EEO Statement: 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. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate! Expected salary: Location: USA Apply for the job now! Apply for this job