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We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Code Scanning Engine Quality team. The Code-Scanning Engine Quality Team is dedicated to two pillars:

Responsibilities

• Production Operations: We deliver CodeQL-powered analysis across all production environments, i.e. GitHub.com and GHES. We have ownership of published artifacts and deployed services and provide production operations and incident response.
• Development Platforms: We build and operate internal tooling and platforms: CI pipelines for CodeQL that let CodeQL and AI engineers validate changes at scale, ship releases with confidence, and work efficiently. Offline evaluation improvements shorten iteration loops and reduce release risk.

In any of the above tracks, you will work closely with various engineering teams, product managers, designers, and technical writers that build different aspects of the code scanning product, to influence product direction and deliver features to users, with clear focus on quality, reliability, and user experience. You will engage with internal users and external users (both from enterprise customers and the open-source community) to help them succeed with the product. You'll influence and provide feedback on the organizational culture and processes, always looking for opportunities to improve in a continuous pursuit of excellence.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 6+ 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/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
• OR Associate's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, 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/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ 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/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ 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/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
• OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience with one or more of the following areas:
  • Software security, DevOps, CI solutions, orchestration and automation frameworks such as Temporal.io, software supply chain security, and best practices in creating high-quality, secure code.
  • OR Experience building developer tools that operate and automate software lifecycle, such as Continuous Integration pipelines, release automation and Continuous Deployment, offline evaluation tools, CLI tools, or IDE extensions.
  • OR Machine learning and AI applied to understanding source code, specifically building systems that use large language models (LLMs) to generate or reason about code, and systematic benchmarking and evaluation of those systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with two or more of the areas listed above
• Experience as a DevOps or DevExp engineer
• Experience designing and running software lifecycle management and productivity tools for software developers