Software Engineer III, Data Engineering

About Git Hub

Git Hub 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 Git Hub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted Git Hub Copilot.

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

As a software engineer at Git Hub, you will enhance the collaboration experience at Git Hub by working closely with a community of engineers and designers with a distributed, diverse and passionate team delivering the services that millions of developers depend on. In this role you will design, prototype, implement, ship and support highly performant and inspiring user experiences with your team.

We are looking for creative problem solvers and diverse thinkers, people who care about culture as well as customers and features. We believe that how we do things is as important as what we do. Big vision, a common purpose, passion for quality, curiosity, dedication, and investment in fun and collaboration are what lead to great results. Great products reflect the teams that build them.

• Design, develop, test and ship high‑quality technical solutions that scale across multiple Git Hub services and become intimately familiar with the systems you build and take pride in writing maintainable code.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others; support teams in producing extensible and maintainable code, ensuring integration with downstream dependencies and adherence to quality standards.
• Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on‑call for first responder rotations and live incidents.
• Write architecture briefs, proposals and carry out code experiments.
• Design and implement APIs to facilitate seamless integration between software components.
• Utilize CI/CD tools to set up automated pipelines for continuous integration and delivery.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and partner with stakeholders and lead discussions for technical solutions, including design and cost considerations.
• Create and guide others in
  1) developing clear testing plans to assure solution quality, reliability, and performance;
  2) defining success metrics; and
  3) integrating customer feedback for continuous improvement - all while ensuring system architecture meets security and compliance standards.
• Maintain executional and operational excellence within and potentially across teams/organizations.
• Apply debugging tools and telemetry to verify assumptions, proactively resolve issues, and optimize code performance and maintainability.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, 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 3+ years experience.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in computer science or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, 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.
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with large‑scale system architecture and design, particularly in cloud‑based environments, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross‑functional projects and deliver high‑quality…