Senior Software Engineer, Supply Chain Security

GitHub; United States; Remote; USD 112,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

GitHub, a leading AI-powered developer platform, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the Dependabot team. The role involves designing scalable solutions, collaborating across teams, and mentoring engineers, with a strong focus on Software Composition Analysis. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering, including cloud platforms and relational databases.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in Software Engineering or related field.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure cloud platforms.
• 6+ years with relational databases: MySQL, PSQL, MSSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality technical solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Software Engineering

Cloud Platforms

Relational Databases

Software Composition Analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Associate’s Degree in Technical Discipline

Job description

About GitHub

As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 150+ million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate and experiment across 420+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.

Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

Overview

As an engineer at GitHub, you will work with a distributed, diverse and passionate team delivering the services that millions of developers rely on to build their own software.

The Dependabot team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us create a world-class offering in the Software Composition Analysis (SCA) space. The ideal candidate will have a background in large distributed systems, high-throughput cloud architectures, and an obsession with getting genuine accuracy in squishy domains. You’re an outside-the-box thinker with an interest in the cutting edge, but a strong pragmatic streak. People tend to follow your lead because you go to sensible places.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement innovative solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews
• Own and advocate for the health and quality of the systems that the team builds, including participating in on-call and first responder rotations
• Write architecture briefs and proposals, carry out code experiments, and build prototypes to learn how we can achieve planetary scale with our systems.
• Design and implement APIs to facilitate seamless integration between software components.
• Utilize CI/CD tools to set up automated pipelines for continuous integration and delivery.
• Become intimately familiar with the systems you build and take pride in writing maintainable code.

Qualifications

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 relevant fields AND 4+ years experience, or Master's Degree AND 2+ years experience, or Doctorate with relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience with relational databases (MySQL, PSQL, MSSQL, etc)
• 1+ year experience shipping production software on a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least one year of experience as a non-management team lead
• Experience working on a cybersecurity product, at large scale, building ETL pipelines, frontier AI models, or maintaining open source projects
• Interest in Software Composition Analysis
• Strong passion for Ruby and/or Go
• Understanding of GitHub’s role in open source
• Deep opinions on Dependabot
• Belief that winners ship

Compensation Range

The salary range is USD $112,800 - USD $299,300 per year, with actual pay depending on location, experience, and role impact. Benefits may include bonuses, stock, and incentives based on performance.

Values & Principles

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

Who We Are

GitHub is the leading AI-powered developer platform with a vibrant open-source community. We foster innovation, diversity, and remote work, providing opportunities to make a global impact.

EEO Statement

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all applicants and employees. We accommodate disabilities and invite applicants from all backgrounds to apply.