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# Software Engineer III

- **Company:** GitHub
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $107,700.0 - $285,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Open Source Technology, Productivity Software, Cloud Services, Ruby, Software Engineering, Rust (Programming Language), Information Technology, Golang
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7ed2953e37e4c134

## About the Role

* 4+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, 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 3+ years experience.
 + OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, 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.
 + OR equivalent experience.
 * 2+ year(s) of experience with Cloud Services
 * 2+ years of experience developing & debugging large scale projects, applications or developer tools, * 2+ years' experience with Node.js
 * 3+ years experience with cloud services, including AWS development
 * Experience building applications adhering to the highest security standards
 * Experienced in using AI-assisted coding and productivity tools

## Description

We are changing the way the world builds software, and we want you to help build npm!
We're looking for a full-stack software engineer to join the npm team. This team is responsible for the open source tools that empower the JavaScript ecosystem to create, distribute & consume packages. Collaboration with both internal & external stakeholders is fundamental to this team's success & ultimately drives how we work. Our team actively contributes back to the wider open source community, including the Node.js Project, OpenJS Foundation, Open Source Security Foundation & TC39.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work as a full-stack engineer with a distributed, diverse & passionate team delivering features & improvements to our open source projects. You'll get to work closely with external community contributors as well as internal stakeholders from engineering, design, security, support, product & leadership. Your work will have a direct impact on the lives of millions of developers around the world.
Responsibilities:

 * You will write, review & maintain code & technical documentation
 * You will interact with our community, consumers & contributors, on a daily basis
 * You will collaborate closely with internal & external stakeholders to define, design & develop new features that align business objectives with end-user's wants & needs
 * You will be responsible for helping triage & remediate bugs & security vulnerabilities
 * You will steward some of the most impactful JavaScript open-source projects, relied on by millions of developers, enabling billions of downloads &, ultimately, creating connections to the world's largest package registry

## About GitHub

GitHub is **_where people build software_**. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.


**Tech Stack:** Ruby, Ruby on Rails
**Industries:** Enterprise Software, Platform

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