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Staff Software Engineer

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Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, Oct 26, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Seeking a full-time Staff Software Engineer to develop, scale, and operate GitHub's code search engine, Blackbird, in a remote environment, while integrating AI-powered workflows and enhancing the collaboration experience for millions of developers.

Key responsibilities
  • Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, encouraging the growth of team members through code reviews and collaborative opportunities
  • Own the health and quality of systems built by the team, participating in on-call rotations and addressing live incidents
Required qualifications
  • 9+ years of experience in Software Engineering or related technical discipline with proven experience in production software coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
  • Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate degree in Computer Science or related field with corresponding years of experience in software engineering
  • Strong experience with distributed systems, search at scale, or reliability engineering
  • Ability to work autonomously and set technical direction within a collaborative team environment
  • Experience designing and implementing APIs for seamless integration between software components

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