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GitHub Software Engineer, Backend Jobs

62 results in US

Staff Software Engineer
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
24h
Principal Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure
United States
$160K - $425K (Employer provided)
6d
Staff Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
12d

Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer, API Gateway Team
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
6d
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
15d
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
$160K - $425K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer
United States
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
8d
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
$160K - $425K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer
United States
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer, Git Systems
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer, Identity Core
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
21d
Staff Software Engineer, Code Search
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer
United States
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
12d
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer, Mac Cloud
Remote
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer, Git Systems
Remote
$160K - $425K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer, Identity & AI Governance
United States
$160K - $425K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer, GitHub Actions
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer, Client Apps Platform
Remote
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
30d+
Software Engineer II, Security
United States
$83K - $221K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
24h
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer
United States
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
15d
Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Staff Software Engineer
United States
$140K - $372K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer
United States
$124K - $329K (Employer provided)
30d+

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