[Hiring] Software Engineering Intern @GitHub, Inc.

Role Description

As a software engineer intern at GitHub, you will enhance the collaboration experience at GitHub 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. Internships at GitHub aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills while exploring potential career paths.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. In this role, you will design, develop and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services. The GitHub culture promotes many opportunities for collaboration with peers as we all work “better together”. You’ll be assigned to one of our many fast-paced engineering teams to work on meaningful projects which support our business goals and mission.

This is a remote summer internship for 12 consecutive weeks with start dates between May-June 2026 with an onsite week during the internship.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance, reliable, testable and maintainable code.
• Participate in all aspects of software development activities, including design, coding, code review, testing, bug fixing, and code/API documentation.
• Collaborate with engineers and participate in daily or weekly stand ups and meetings.
• Work both independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced development team, with clear, positive, and constructive communication.

Qualifications

• Currently in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or similar field with an expected conferral date between December 2026 and August 2027.
• Available to work full time for a minimum of 12 weeks while not concurrently enrolled in coursework.
• Track record of working both independently and collaboratively.
• Experience with two or more of the following skill sets:
  • Ruby/Rails
  • Go and related tooling
  • Database Management Systems, preferably MySQL
  • REST APIs
  • React, Python or NodeJS

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience with Git CLI, GitHub client or other version control platform for collaborative development.
• Attention to detail with good organizational and planning skills.

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $32.16 - USD $85.38 /Hr. These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.

GitHub Values

• Customer-obsessed
• Ship to learn
• Growth mindset
• Own the outcome
• Better together
• Diverse and inclusive

Leadership Principles

• Create clarity
• Generate energy
• Deliver success

EEO Statement

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!