Senior Software Engineer, Identity Platform

GitHub, Inc.•UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

1d•Remote

About The Position

GitHub’s Identity organization powers how developers and enterprises securely use GitHub. We’re responsible for authentication and authorization to apps and integrations. We build the core services that enable every user, team, and enterprise to access GitHub reliably, securely, and at scale. Our systems run at global scale and our mission is to make identity seamless and trustworthy for the next billion users. We are looking for an experienced engineer to join GitHub’s Identity organization. This role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in identity and access management who can help shape the technical direction of GitHub’s identity platform. Beyond building highly available distributed systems, you’ll bring industry perspectives to help evaluate emerging standards, guide architectural decisions, and identify opportunities that strengthen GitHub’s long-term identity strategy. While the role includes hands-on backend development in Go and Ruby and front-end integrations, success in this role comes from combining strong engineering fundamentals with deep domain knowledge across modern identity systems.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

Deep experience with modern identity standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, SCIM, WebAuthn/Passkeys, FIDO2, SSH, JWT, DPoP, and related technologies.
Experience building identity infrastructure for enterprise, cloud, or developer platforms serving millions of users or high request volumes.
Strong understanding of Zero Trust architectures, workload identities, machine-to-machine authentication, and credential lifecycle management.
Experience evaluating and adopting emerging identity technologies and security standards.
Ability to influence technical strategy through architecture, RFCs, mentoring, and cross-organizational collaboration.
Experience contributing to or participating in identity standards bodies, open source identity projects, or developer ecosystems is a plus.

Responsibilities

Design and implement backend services in Go (Golang) that power authentication, authorization, and GitHub Apps at global scale
Partner across engineering and product teams to solve complex identity challenges spanning user authentication, enterprise identity, applications, APIs, and machine identities.
Evaluate emerging identity technologies, protocols, and security patterns, identifying where they can improve GitHub's platform.
Design highly available, globally distributed services with a focus on security, resilience, and operational excellence.
Mentor engineers by sharing identity best practices and helping raise technical depth across the organization.
Participate in on-call rotations and continuously improve the reliability and operability of identity services.