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Senior Software Engineer

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8 hours ago
Remote, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and expand Code Scanning language coverage by supporting new language standards and versions and adding new languages.
  • Partner with Product to expand Code Scanning capabilities and reduce long-term maintenance costs through scalable, cross-language solutions.
  • Unify technology and analysis capabilities across languages to support future AI-powered vulnerability detection.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams, product managers, designers, and technical writers to influence product direction and deliver features.
  • Engage with enterprise customers, internal users, and the open-source community to help them succeed with the product.
  • Improve quality, reliability, user experience, organizational culture, and engineering processes.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of software engineering, computer science, or related technical experience with production software development; alternatives include an associate degree with 5+ years, a bachelor's degree with 4+ years, or a master's degree with 2+ years.
  • A doctorate in computer science, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, mathematics, physics, computer engineering, or a related field may qualify without a stated experience requirement.
  • Equivalent experience may substitute for the listed education and experience combinations.
  • Production coding experience in one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
  • At least 3 years of experience in software security, DevOps, CI solutions, orchestration and automation frameworks, software supply chain security, developer tools, software lifecycle automation, or machine learning and AI applied to source-code understanding.
  • Preferred experience includes two or more of the listed focus areas, DevOps or DevEx engineering, and designing or running software lifecycle management and developer productivity tools.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work arrangement from the United Kingdom.
  • Competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and benefits designed to support employees working on their own terms.
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About GitHub

5,001-10,000 employees

GitHub builds a cloud platform for software development that hosts code repositories, collaboration, and automation, including GitHub Actions, Packages, and Copilot. It sells paid plans and enterprise subscriptions for organizations and developers, plus add-ons and a marketplace. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is owned by Microsoft and is widely used by open-source communities and enterprises worldwide.

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