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Senior Software Engineer - Git Systems Engineering (GitHub - CoreAI) joins the Platform and Infrastructure organization to manage services that store and serve Git repositories. This role involves designing, developing, and shipping high-quality microservices, protocols, proxies, and control systems to power Git operations at scale. The engineer will lead technical discussions, produce design documents, mentor teammates, and participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot complex live-site issues. Candidates should possess experience with distributed systems, large-scale architecture, and cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. Required skills include proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. The work focuses on building highly performant, scalable, and available services to support the next generation of AI-driven software development while ensuring code remains maintainable, secure, and reliable within a distributed team environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $202482 from 350 postings across 56 companies.
Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality, scalable, and maintainable services for the Git code-hosting platform.
Lead technical discussions and produce design documents or proposals to validate new features through prototypes.
Write clean, defensive code while mentoring team members on implementation details and debugging techniques.
Perform technical code reviews to ensure changes meet standards for security, reliability, and scalability.
Partner with stakeholders to define requirements, identify dependencies, and break work into deliverable milestones.
Participate in an on-call rotation to troubleshoot live-site issues and write postmortems for system improvements.
Improve developer workflows by creating tooling, automation, and repeatable quality checks.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check every two years.
Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (preferred).
Understanding of production system monitoring and observability (preferred).
Ability to think critically about both system design and software engineering concepts (preferred).
Demonstrated experience with large-scale system architecture, distributed systems, and microservices in cloud environments (preferred).
Experience working with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects (preferred).
Python
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
C
Distributed Systems
Cloud Services
CI/CD
Large Language Models
Data Pipelines
Static Analysis
Semantic Search
Retrieval Systems
Telemetry
Automated Testing
source-control
Code Indexing
Microsoft Azure
Distributed Systems
Microservices
Containers
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
C++
C
Event-Driven Architecture
Caching
Messaging
Automated Testing
Observability
Security