GitHub is looking to solve the problem of ensuring the security and quality of the world's software by detecting actionable issues early in the development process and facilitating their remediation as part of the developer workflow.
Requirements
- 6+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- Experience building developer tools that operate on source code, such as compilers, parsers, linters, static analyzers, debuggers, CLI tools, or IDE extensions
- Machine learning and AI applied to understanding source code, specifically building systems that use large language models (LLMs) to generate or reason about code
- Experience with code security analysis
- Industry or research knowledge of compilers, program analysis, programming language design and implementation
- Experience designing and running statistically-sound experiments to measure performance and quality
- Familiarity with languages such as C, C++, C-Sharp, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
Responsibilities
- Work closely with various engineering teams, product managers, designers, and technical writers to influence product direction and deliver features to users
- Engage with internal users and external users to help them succeed with the product
- Influence and provide feedback on the organizational culture and processes
- Build and expand code analysis engines and agents at GitHub
- Deliver features to users with clear focus on quality, reliability, and user experience
- Work on detection and remediation engines that power several GitHub products
- Collaborate with teams to develop Copilot Code Review agent, Copilot Autofix, and CodeQL
Other
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Ability to work remotely
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Customer-obsessed mindset
- Growth mindset and ability to learn
- Ability to work in a distributed team with a high degree of autonomy and trust
