Senior Software Engineer, Identity Core

About GitHub 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. Locations In this role you can work from Remote, United States Overview GitHub’s Identity organization powers how developers and enterprises securely use GitHub. We’re responsible for authentication and authorization to apps and integrations. We build the core services that enable every user, team, and enterprise to access GitHub reliably, securely, and at scale. Our systems run at global scale and our mission is to make identity seamless and trustworthy for the next billion users.     We are looking for a Senior Software engineer to join our Identity team. You will design, build, and operate highly available services that sit at the heart of GitHub’s reliability and enterprise adoption. While the role emphasizes backend service development in Go, you will also collaborate on front-end integrations, developer experiences, and admin workflows to ensure a cohesive identity platform.

Design and implement backend services in Go (Golang) that power authentication, authorization, and GitHub Apps at global scale   Evolve services to be geo-redundant across Azure regions, ensuring reliability and low latency for developers worldwide.   Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other platform teams to ship features that balance usability, security, and scalability.   Participate in on-call rotations to ensure our services meet availability targets (99.95%+).   Contribute to frontend workflows (React/TypeScript) where needed, ensuring reliable end-to-end user experiences.   Write maintainable, well-tested code and share best practices across the team.   Help scale GitHub’s identity platform to support the next billion developers and enterprises.

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, 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 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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, 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, 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 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, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Exposure to frontend workflows (React/TypeScript), ensuring end-to-end user experiences.