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GitHub · 1 day ago

Staff Research Engineer, GitHub Next

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$118K/yr - $313K/yr

9+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Research Engineers build prototypes. Sometimes, we have an interesting technological idea but need to figure out how to turn it into a reliable product. Other times, we dream of an experience, but we’re not sure how to make that experience a reality. With few constraints on our solution space, our hardest task is figuring out how to scope our bets and deliver value. We will have more ideas than we can possibly pursue; choosing wisely is part of the job.

The exploration domains are varied and will require an ability to understand, investigate, and implement prototypes across a wide range of technologies. Our team has a lot of different skills under one roof, and we work together in squads to identify and debate ideas, then execute everything needed for a working prototype.

For this role, we are seeking an individual with exceptional frontend and design skills. Next’s prototypes grapple with difficult UX challenges in domains with little prior art to guide us.

Qualification

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Frontend TechnologiesRapid PrototypingMachine LearningBackend TechnologiesOpen-source SoftwareCC++C#JavaJavaScriptGoRubyRustPythonTypescriptReactSvelteSvelteKitHuman-computer InteractionDistributed Systems

Required

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

OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ 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 or related field AND 7+ 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 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 Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ 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 equivalent experience

Experience creating rapid prototypes that demonstrate a concept to stakeholders and enable decision making

Experience identifying and justifying research goals in situations of ambiguity and executing towards those goals without explicit direction

Preferred

A deep understanding of GitHub’s industry and business context and the ability to articulate topics related to our product and audience

Has held roles that deal with topics at the boundary of human knowledge regarding software development and developers

Have significant experience with one or more frontend technologies. We currently default to Typescript and React for the web, but we also have some efforts underway with Svelte and SvelteKit. 'Whatever enables us to ship' is the top concern

Have significant experience with machine learning, LLMs, and the rapidly-evolving landscape of techniques and tools used to build intelligence into products

Have significant experience with one or more backend technologies: server-side environments, compute, datastores, networking, infrastructure, devops, security, and programming languages

Have significant experience with open-source software, communities, and the systems these communities use to self-organize and ship software for others

Have significant experience operating production systems at a nontrivial scale and are familiar with the common patterns and pitfalls of that work

Have significant experience in another area of computing that is relevant to our mission. Human-computer interaction, distributed systems, $YOURTHING

Benefits

Annual bonus

Stock

Learning and growth opportunities

Company

GitHub

Glassdoor

3.8

GitHub is a software company that offers code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.

Founded in 2008

San Francisco, California, USA

501-1000 employees

https://github.com

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