Overview

GitHub is looking for a senior software engineer to join a small team in our application engineering group. If you’re excited about using one of the world’s largest collections of code to turbo-charge how people build software then we’d love to talk to you.

Responsibilities:

  • Communicate persuasively with peers to inspire cooperation
  • Mentor, pair, and delegate work to encourage the growth of those around them
  • Use fundamental patterns and provide examples for others to follow
  • Make well-reasoned decisions that inspires and energizes others
  • Become intimately familiar with the systems they build and take pride in writing maintainable code
  • Are technical leaders who know how to break down work that others can contribute to confidently
  • Help recruit, interview and generally make GitHub a great home for developers

We value collaboration, empathy, quality, positive impact and shipping. You will excel when your work reflects these values.

In this position, you will work closely with an engineering manager, designers, product folks and of course other excellent developers. You will also be part of a community dedicated to making a positive impact at work and at large.

Qualifications:

  • You have been a technical lead on a team that built something you are proud of
  • You have 5+ years building web applications
  • You use Ruby, Javascript and SQL or are comfortable learning a new language
  • You are known for being a great communicator and use various tactics (pictures, metaphors, story telling etc) to improve understanding
  • You write tests to improve the design and quality of code
  • You are organized and focused when working toward a goal
  • You show humility when you are right and have the confidence to admit mistakes
  • You are passionate about building products that developers love

About GitHub

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over nine million people use GitHub to build amazing things together. With the collaborative features of GitHub.com, our desktop and mobile apps, and GitHub Enterprise, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write better code, faster.

You will have a lot of exciting things to do, and you could grow with us!

Why you should join:

Working at GitHub is, to put it simply, a special slice of the universe. You could join us in our commitment to transparency, collaboration, experimentation, and always staying classy.

Because of this unique perspective, we've established one of the most flexible and well designed physical workspaces around that encourages you to work as you work best. Right now, over 60% of our employees are based outside of our San Francisco (SOMA) headquarters and work according to how they get their best stuff done. Remote GitHubbers also come visit SF often and are encouraged to stay as long as they like!

Ensuring that you are healthy, motivated, focused and creative is how GitHub stays awesome. Part of this is ensuring that our benefits are out of this world.

In a nutshell, we've built and are growing a place in which you will truly love working.