Xplore Job Offer: Software Engineer – Actions

GitHub is changing the way the world builds software, and we want you to help build GitHub!

We’re looking for a full-stack software engineer to join the GitHub Actions team. The GitHub Actions team is responsible for the full stack of features and technologies powering the Actions experience on GitHub. As a team we are building the future of code automation enabling our customers to innovate and collaborate on both their continuous integration / deployment scenarios as well as software development workflows. You can learn more about GitHub Actions here:

In this role, you will be having the opportunity to work as a full stack engineer with a distributed, diverse and a passionate team delivering features and improvements to the stack powering GitHub Actions. You’ll work with our team of engineers, designers, and product managers to build and maintain customer-facing experiences and deliver them into the hands of millions of developers across the world.

Responsibilities:

• You will write, review and maintain code primarily in C#, dotnet core, Go, Ruby and JavaScript (React, TypeScript)
• You will collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to build new features
• You will document the systems you help build
• You will coordinate with engineering and product leadership to define and prioritize projects that help us meet business objectives
• You will work with support to triage and debug technical support requests
• You will support a highly available service used by millions of users on a daily basis
• You will participate in on-call rotations for your team and respond to incidents as necessary

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 or more years of experience developing web applications/production software using C/C++, C#, dotnet core, Ruby, Go, JavaScript or equivalent language
• Strong object-oriented design skills gained from at least 2 years of working with OOP languages and patterns
• Solid understanding of testing principles and high quality software
• Familiarity with DevOps best practices such as understanding of continuous integration & deployment as well as the ability to gather, analyze, debug and fix problems that occur with live production systems
• Experience with Git and GitHub
• Experience with SQL, general database knowledge
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Understanding of production system monitoring & observability is necessary.

Who We Are:

GitHub is the developer company. We make it easier for developers to be developers: to work together, to solve challenging problems, and to create the world’s most important technologies. We foster a collaborative community that can come together-as individuals and in teams-to create the future of software and make a difference in the world.

Leadership Principles:

Customer Obsessed – Trust by Default – Ship to Learn – Own the Outcome – Growth Mindset – Global Product, Global Team – Anything is Possible – Practice Kindness

Why You Should Join:

At GitHub, we constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees (Hubbers) to do the best work of their lives. We’ve designed one of the coolest workspaces in San Francisco (HQ), where many Hubbers work, snack, and create daily. The rest of our Hubbers work remotely around the globe. Check out an updated list of where we can hire here: https://github.com/about/careers/remote

We are also committed to keeping Hubbers healthy, motivated, focused and creative. We’ve designed our top-notch benefits program with these goals in mind. In a nutshell, we’ve built a place where we truly love working, we think you will too.

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!

Please note that benefits vary by country. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask your Talent Partner.

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