[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer, Copilot Agents @GitHub, Inc.

Role Description

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Copilot Agents team at GitHub, you will help shape the future of agentic software development. Working at the forefront of AI-powered coding, you’ll partner with engineers, researchers, and designers to deliver experiences that millions of developers rely on every day.

• The Copilot Agents team builds GitHub’s core platform for agentic development, including:
• Copilot CLI, SDK, and agent harness
• Copilot Cloud Agents and Chat
• Copilot Context services such as Memory and Semantic Search
• Client experiences across Web, Mobile, and Desktop
• Design, build, and ship performant, reliable, and inspiring agent experiences.
• Work across clients, services, and platforms to deliver cohesive, high-quality developer experiences.
• Expand GitHub’s platform to support the agentic SDLC.
• Creative problem solvers who care deeply about both culture and customers are encouraged to apply.
• Experience building complex systems—ideally agentic or AI-powered—is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews.
• Build and use agentic tooling to accelerate your own and your team’s impact.
• Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds.
• Write architecture briefs and proposals and carry out code experiments.
• Design and implement APIs for seamless integration between software components.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partner with stakeholders.
• Maintain executional and operational excellence within and across teams/organizations.
• Drive and support the technical roadmap for Copilot Agents.
• Architect and evolve agentic coding systems.
• Champion responsible AI practices for autonomous coding agents.

Qualifications

• 9+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• 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 a related field AND 8+ years experience.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in a related field AND 7+ years experience.
• OR Master's Degree in a related field AND 5+ years experience.
• OR Doctorate in a related field AND 3+ years experience.
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Experience with cloud environments and/or Cloud Native Compute Foundation (CNCF) concepts.
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale system architecture and design.
• Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience building agentic systems on top of frontier LLMs.
• Experience with evaluation methodologies for non-deterministic AI systems.
• Familiarity with the GitHub developer platform.
• Awareness of AI safety and security concerns specific to coding agents.

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $140,400.00 - USD $372,300.00 /Yr. Individual base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

GitHub Values

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

EEO Statement

GitHub embraces diversity and invites 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.