[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer REMOTE USA

Position: Staff Software Engineer

Date Posted: 22 January 2026

Industry: Information Technology / Software Engineering / Cybersecurity

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: 9+ years of software engineering or related technical experience (degree-based experience alternatives accepted)

Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, Doctorate, Associate Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience

Salary: $140,400 – $372,300 per year

Location: United States (REMOTE)

Company: GitHub

Description:
GitHub is hiring a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to join its Security Products team, which is focused on securing the world’s software. This role plays a critical part in building and evolving foundational systems that help developers identify, prevent, and resolve security vulnerabilities and credential leaks across the platform.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will take a leading role in shaping architecture, driving large-scale technical initiatives, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of core security infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with distributed teams, product managers, and technical leaders in a fast-paced, high-impact environment while contributing to the long-term technical vision of GitHub’s security products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and influence the architecture and design of complex systems, ensuring strong security, compliance, and performance standards
• Define and mentor best practices for testing, performance optimization, and code quality across teams
• Provide technical leadership during design discussions and code reviews to ensure scalability and reliability
• Partner with product managers and engineering leaders to define service requirements and evolve future designs
• Act as a subject-matter expert in debugging tools and methodologies to resolve complex production issues
• Optimize deployments and runtime performance to support safe, reliable rollouts
• Drive improvements in engineering productivity through tooling, automation, and knowledge sharing
• Analyze telemetry, metrics, and experimentation data to guide product and engineering decisions
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation and contingency strategies
• Shape the long-term technical strategy and contribute to innovation aligned with GitHub’s mission

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience delivering and maintaining production-grade software
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Ruby, Rust, Python, JavaScript, Java, C, C++, or C#
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, large-scale architectures, and cloud-based platforms
• Ability to make independent technical decisions and influence engineering direction
• Excellent communication skills with experience working across global, remote teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience integrating machine learning or generative AI into production systems
• Background in building security tools or developer-focused platforms
• Proven leadership in cross-functional initiatives involving engineering, product, and design teams
• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and positively influence engineering culture

GitHub offers competitive compensation, annual bonus and equity opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. The company is remote-first and committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and collaborative workplace where innovation and impact thrive.

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