Tech Stack
Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve metered billing system, driving architectural decisions that balance reliability, scale, and developer velocity.
- Work across the stack, from backend services to APIs to frontend experiences, ensuring system architecture meets security and compliance standards.
- Mentor and grow engineers across the team and broader org through pairing, thoughtful feedback, leading by example, and contributing to engineering-wide practices.
- Collaborate with and influence cross-functional teams and partner with stakeholders, leading discussions across GitHub and Microsoft on shared technical problems.
- Participate in on-call rotations, lead incident response, and drive reliability improvements based on operational learnings.
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationTechnical Decision-MakingMentoring
Benefits
- 401k
- Dental
- Disability Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase
- Health Insurance
- Learning Budget
- Life Insurance
- Mental Health
- Parental Leave
- Remote Work
- Vision
Culture
Customer-ObsessedGrowth MindsetOpen Source ContributorsRemote WorkDiverse LeadershipWork-Life Balance
Requirements
Required: BS 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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