GitHub · Remote, United States
Skills: JavaScript, Python, Java, Ruby, C#/.NET, Rust, AWS
About GitHub: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot. Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States Overview:
GitHub is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Git-Contrib Engineering team, which runs the largest code-hosting platform in the world, part of our Platform and Infrastructure organization. Git-Contrib is responsible for the Git binary that underpins everything that “Git”Hub accomplishes. The Git protocol needs to evolve to meet the needs of the next generation of agentic developers. We need your help to accomplish this change. The team is highly distributed and the right candidate will thrive in an environment of asynchronous communication. We expect you to have excellent written communication skills and be able to create working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe.
This role is focused on wide-reaching, cross-team work to improve our git code-hosting platform. This role will be involved in the design rollout, and support of highly performant code to enable the next generation of AI-driven software development.
Responsibilities:
Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality code that allows efficient and streamlined Git operations for high velocity AI coding experience. Understands resource efficiency (CPU, memory, network, disk, etc.) in complex operations. Wants to contribute to open source Having an interest in scaling Git to accommodate ever increasing repository sizes. Ability to communicate effectively with partner teams around GitHub. This role will require being able to document your ideas successfully. Ability to translate other teams' requirements into detailed action plans. Willingness to communicate with the customer on Git related l…
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