principal Software Engineer tech_leadership · Posted Mar 31, 2026

About this role

GitHub is hiring a principal-level Software Engineer based in United States. The posting calls out experience with Python, JavaScript, Java, Rust.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
principal
Track
Tech leadership
Location
United States
Department
Engineering
Posted
Mar 31, 2026

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Job description

from GitHub careers
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 is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help shape the future of our core platform infrastructure. In this critical leadership position, you'll drive system architecture for our most critical services, inspire and coach engineering teams, and deliver solutions that keep GitHub running for millions of developers worldwide. 

We're looking for someone with deep expertise in building and operating large-scale distributed systems—someone who thrives on solving hard problems around reliability, availability, and performance at massive scale. You have a proven track record of tackling complex technical challenges with creativity and pragmatism, and you excel in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments. 

Our team focuses on the systems that power GitHub at scale, ensuring our platforms remain stable, secure, and performant under extreme load. As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll work alongside a globally distributed team of talented engineers and managers to enhance and scale our most critical infrastructure, delivering an exceptional experience to our diverse and growing customer base. 

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