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The Staff Software Engineer will own and evolve the metered billing infrastructure to ensure reliability, scale, and performance for millions of users. They will also mentor engineers, lead architectural decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain high standards of security and compliance.
GitHub's Billing team builds and maintains the systems behind how millions of developers and organizations pay for GitHub. This includes metered billing infrastructure, granular spend controls, and accurate data reporting, the kind of work where getting it right really matters.
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 handle real money, helping customers control and understand their spend, and keeping GitHub's billing experience accurate, reliable, and trustworthy at scale.
Own and evolve metered 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.
Required Qualifications
9+ 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
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 metered billing, budgeting controls, invoicing, 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.
GitHub values
Manager fundamentals
Leadership principles
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