Soil Quality Laboratory
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As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead system architecture design and mentor others in quality assurance practices.
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.
In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview
At GitHub, our mission is to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration. We are working on shaping the next era of software where developers thrive in collaboration with agents.
We are growing our Engineering team and seeking experienced professionals to enhance our software engineering efforts. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead system architecture design and mentor others in quality assurance practices. The ideal candidate will be a key leader in advancing GitHub’s engineering initiatives, driving impactful technical solutions while gaining deep expertise in scalable systems, cross-functional collaboration, and innovative problem-solving in a dynamic environment.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical problems at scale, balancing high-level system design with active code contribution.
Contribute to code, and lead and influence design discussions for the overall system architecture of complex products and solutions, ensuring they meet security and compliance requirements.
Set an example for the team on evaluating and adopting latest advancements in the industry including being AI-forward.
Partner with stakeholders including product managers, technical leads, and other engineers to solve hard technical problems at scale and define requirements for complex scenarios, incorporating feedback into future designs.
Set an example for the team by evaluating and adopting latest industry advancements, driving an AI-forward approach to engineering and productivity.
Establish and mentor others in best practices for testing and assuring the quality of solutions, defining success metrics, and producing maintainable code integrated with downstream dependencies.
Provide technical leadership during code reviews to ensure solutions meet quality standards, are reliable, and are appropriate for the scale of the product feature.
Act as an expert on debugging tools and methods, leading proactive and reactive code development to verify assumptions and resolve issues across products and teams.
Optimize deployments across products to meet business objectives, ensuring solutions are deployed safely and adhere to GitHub's deployment standards.
Lead efforts to improve development quality and team performance by driving the execution of strategies for developer tooling and automation, sharing best practices, and mentoring others in new tools and strategies.
11+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 9+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR equivalent experience.
The base salary range for this job is USD $160,200.00 - USD $425,000.00 /Yr.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GitHub values
Customer-obsessed
Ship to learn
Growth mindset
Own the outcome
Better together
Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
Model
Coach
Care
Leadership principles
Create clarity
Generate energy
Deliver success
Who We Are
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical problems at scale, balancing high-level system design with active code contribution.
Contribute to code, and lead and influence design discussions for the overall system architecture of complex products and solutions, ensuring they meet security and compliance requirements.
Set an example for the team on evaluating and adopting latest advancements in the industry including being AI-forward.
Partner with stakeholders including product managers, technical leads, and other engineers to solve hard technical problems at scale and define requirements for complex scenarios, incorporating feedback into future designs.
Set an example for the team by evaluating and adopting latest industry advancements, driving an AI-forward approach to engineering and productivity.
Establish and mentor others in best practices for testing and assuring the quality of solutions, defining success metrics, and producing maintainable code integrated with downstream dependencies.
Provide technical leadership during code reviews to ensure solutions meet quality standards, are reliable, and are appropriate for the scale of the product feature.
Act as an expert on debugging tools and methods, leading proactive and reactive code development to verify assumptions and resolve issues across products and teams.
Optimize deployments across products to meet business objectives, ensuring solutions are deployed safely and adhere to GitHub's deployment standards.
Lead efforts to improve development quality and team performance by driving the execution of strategies for developer tooling and automation, sharing best practices, and mentoring others in new tools and strategies.
11+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 9+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ 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#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
OR equivalent experience.
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