Remote Backend Jobs

We’re building the future of cloud development with Codespaces: instant-on, container-based cloud environments tailored to specific projects, enabling developers to focus on writing code rather than managing setups. As a Software Engineer III on the Codespaces team, you’ll design and implement a secure, reliable, and efficient platform that powers Codespaces, Actions and other GitHub tools. Your work will directly impact developers worldwide, ensuring these tools are always available, performant, cost-effective, and delightful to use.

At GitHub, you’ll collaborate with a distributed, diverse, and passionate team of engineers and designers, delivering services that millions of developers depend on daily. In this role, you’ll design, prototype, implement, ship, and support highly performant, inspiring experiences that enhance collaboration and productivity for developers everywhere.

We’re looking for creative problem solvers and diverse thinkers who value culture as much as customers and features. We believe how we work is just as important as what we deliver. Big vision, shared purpose, passion for quality, curiosity, dedication, and investment in fun and collaboration are what drive great results. Great products reflect the teams that build them—come join us!

Responsibilities

• Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on-call rotations and responding to incidents as necessary.
• Design, develop and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement innovative solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others.
• Write architecture briefs and proposals, carry out code experiments, and build prototypes to learn how we can achieve planetary scale with our systems.
• 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.
• Become intimately familiar with the systems you build and take pride in writing maintainable code.

• 4+ years of 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 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, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 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
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in cloud-native development, including designing, building, and deploying scalable applications using microservices architecture, containers (e.g., Docker), and orchestration tools like Kubernetes. Proficiency in leveraging cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) for optimizing application performance and scalability.
• Experience with on-call rotations, incident response and site reliability, including diagnosing and resolving complex production issues under pressure.
• Experience automating operational work for hosted services

• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as C#, TypeScript, Go, and Rust.
• Excellent  via async collaboration, documentation, and visibility of work.
• Experience working with a remote, distributed team.
• Passionate about fostering effective Engineering practices and processes.
• Proficiency in Git and GitHub for version control and collaborative development and branching strategies.
• Experience with CI/CD Tools: Strong knowledge of CI/CD concepts and best practices. Experience with GitHub actions and workflows platform, familiar with other tools like Jenkins
• Experience implementing and maintaining compliance and security practices in software development, including secure coding, vulnerability management, data privacy, and regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA). Proficiency in designing systems with robust security measures and ensuring adherence to organizational and industry compliance requirements.
• Contribute to open source software, engage with maintainers, and actively participate in community curation.