Staff Software Engineer, Copilot Agents
$140,400 – $372,300 USD
Tech Stack
CC++C#JavaJavaScriptGoRubyRustPythonBashReactMysqlCosmosdbElasticsearchDatadogSentryAzure Data ExplorerCloud Native Compute FoundationDistributed SystemsMicroservicesLlmsClaudeGpt-4GitHub ActionsRESTGraphQLAPI DesignSystem Architecture
Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality, scalable technical solutions across multiple GitHub services, taking pride in maintainable code.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and code reviews to foster growth and ensure extensible, maintainable code quality.
- Own and advocate for the health and quality of systems, including participating in on-call rotations and incident response.
- Architect and evolve agentic coding systems that orchestrate LLM tool use, planning loops, sandboxed execution, and long-horizon task completion across GitHub.
- Champion responsible AI practices for autonomous coding agents, including prompt-injection defenses, permission scoping, audit logging, and human-in-the-loop review patterns.
Soft Skills
Software EngineeringComputer ScienceTechnical LeadershipMentoringCode Review CultureCross-Functional CollaborationResponsible AIAI SafetyAI Security
Benefits
- 401k
- Dental
- Disability Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase
- Health Insurance
- Learning Budget
- Life Insurance
- Remote Work
- Vision
Culture
Growth MindsetCustomer-ObsessedRemote WorkCross-Functional TeamsMentorship ProgramCode Review CultureBlameless PostmortemsWork-Life Balance
Requirements
Required: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
Regions: Us
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About GitHub
Industry: software development
Size: enterprise
GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, powered by Copilot, enabling over 180 million developers and 77,000+ organizations to collaborate, build, scale, and deliver secure software.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $140,400 – $372,300 USD
Equity: stock
Bonus: annual bonus
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