Senior Software Engineer,Billing

GitHub, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 124,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

GitHub is seeking a seasoned software engineer for the Billing team, remote-first in the United States. You will own and evolve billing systems, drive architectural choices to balance reliability and scale, and collaborate across backend, API, and frontend layers to enable secure, scalable transactions.

You will mentor engineers, define testing strategies, and incorporate customer feedback while leveraging AI-assisted tools like GitHub Copilot to maximize impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in software engineering with production coding in multiple languages.
• Cloud design and operation experience on Azure or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve billing systems handling millions of users with scalable design.
• Work across backend, APIs, and frontend to deliver holistic solutions.
• Lead testing plans, define success metrics, and incorporate customer feedback.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering-wide practices.
• Use GitHub Copilot and AI tools to enhance productivity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in on-call rotations.
• Ensure security, compliance, and system health across services.

Skills

C/C++

C#

Java

JavaScript

Go

Ruby

Rust

Python

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/EE/Math

Master's Degree in CS/EE/Math

Doctorate in CS/EE/Math

Job description

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 Billing team builds and maintains the systems behind how millions of developers and organizations pay for GitHub. This includes licensing and metered billing infrastructure, granular spend controls, subscription plan management, and accurate financial reporting.

As part of a platform that supports everything from individual developers to Fortune 500 enterprises, you'll work on systems that process transactions at scale, integrate with broader commerce infrastructure, and directly impact GitHub's revenue and trust. It's a space where engineering decisions carry real financial and compliance consequences, and where you'll build deep expertise in a domain that's increasingly valuable across the industry.

We're a remote-first, distributed team looking for a seasoned engineer who brings strong technical judgment and is still genuinely curious about learning new domains. You don't need to be a payments expert, but you should be excited about working on systems that demand precision and rigor, and about enabling customers to understand and scale their usage of GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve billing system that serves millions of GitHub users, driving architectural decisions that balance reliability, scale, and developer velocity.
• Work across the stack, from backend services to APIs to frontend experiences.
• Create and guide others in 1) developing clear testing plans to assure solution quality, reliability, and performance; 2) defining success metrics; and 3) integrating customer feedback for continuous improvement - all while ensuring system architecture meets security and compliance standards.
• Mentor and grow engineers across the team and broader org through pairing, thoughtful feedback, leading by example, and contributing to engineering-wide practices.
• Use AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot to work effectively and help the team figure out where they're most useful.
• Collaborate with and influence cross-functional teams and partner with stakeholders and lead discussions across GitHub and Microsoft on shared technical problems, including design and cross-cutting concerns.
• Participate in on-call rotations, lead incident response, and drive reliability improvements based on operational learnings.
• Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on-call for first responder rotations and live incidents.

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.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating services on cloud platforms such as Azure, including infrastructure and deployment concerns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience building and operating Go services at scale in high‑traffic production environments.
• Experience with JavaScript and frontend frameworks like React.
• Experience building or operating billing and licensing systems, payment and subscriptions management, budgeting controls, or similarly high‑stakes transactional systems.
• Familiarity with or curiosity about AI‑assisted development workflows (GitHub Copilot, LLM‑based tooling).
• Track record of driving technical decisions across teams through RFCs, design docs, and async collaboration in a distributed environment.
• Experience mentoring engineers and raising the quality bar through code review, pairing, and technical leadership.

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $124,000.00 - USD $329,200.00 /Yr.

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.

This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

GitHub values

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

Manager fundamentals

• Model
• Coach
• Care

Leadership principles

• Create clarity
• Generate energy
• Deliver success

Who We Are

GitHub is the world’s leading AI‑powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open‑source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open‑source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.

Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote‑first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.

Join us, and let’s change the world, together.

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!