Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer - GitHub Platform & Enterprise

United States, California, Mountain View
Salary
$165,600 - $296,400 per year
Level
Principal
Work type
On-site · California

Not stated in the posting: visa.

Open. First seen 29 October 2026.

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About the role

Overview GitHub is growing its Engineering team and is hiring across multiple product and platform areas, seeking experienced professionals to elevate our software engineering efforts. As a Staff Software Engineer at GitHub, you will architect and deliver high-performance…

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Bash · CI/CD · Git · GitHub · Golang · Microservices · Ruby

Rare in Microsoft's other 299 open postings.

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with Microsoft's other open jobs.

The team: Software Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 260 open in Software Engineering. 171 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

C++ (241 of 260), Python (240 of 260), C# (235 of 260), Java (230 of 260), C (228 of 260), JavaScript (218 of 260), Azure (151 of 260)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Microsoft's own job board.

Other openings for this role

2 open postings for this role in United States, California, Mountain View, first posted 29 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

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