Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer - Git Systems Engineering (GitHub - CoreAI)
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years technical engineering experience; degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates GitHub’s repository services and infrastructure, improving the scalability, performance, and availability of its Git code-hosting platform.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, test, and ship reliable, scalable services; lead technical design discussions and produce proposals or prototypes.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership through code reviews and cross-functional planning.
- Participate in on-call operations, troubleshoot incidents, deploy mitigations, and write postmortems with follow-up improvements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
- Experience with production monitoring and observability, large-scale distributed systems and microservices, or cross-functional product delivery.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services
AI focus
Build and operate services enabling the next generation of AI-driven software development.
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