Remote Staff Software Developer Jobs
Remote staff software developer jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams, with demand concentrated in software, fintech, and enterprise technology. Employers hiring remotely right now include CVS Health, GitHub, and Affirm. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Staff Software Engineer, Git Contrib
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Staff Software Engineer, Git Contrib
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Staff Software Engineer, Git Contrib
GitHub·Remote
Job functions:
$145k - $384k/yr
Remote (US)
Master's degree in physics
Job Description
About GitHub: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.
Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
This role is focused on wide-reaching, cross-team work to improve our git code-hosting platform. This role will be involved in the design rollout, and support of highly performant code to enable the next generation of AI-driven software development.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GitHub Leadership Principles:
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
GitHub is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Git-Contrib Engineering team, which runs the largest code-hosting platform in the world, part of our Platform and Infrastructure organization. Git-Contrib is responsible for the Git binary that underpins everything that “Git”Hub accomplishes. The Git protocol needs to evolve to meet the needs of the next generation of agentic developers. We need your help to accomplish this change. The team is highly distributed and the right candidate will thrive in an environment of asynchronous communication. We expect you to have excellent written communication skills and be able to create working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe.
This role is focused on wide-reaching, cross-team work to improve our git code-hosting platform. This role will be involved in the design rollout, and support of highly performant code to enable the next generation of AI-driven software development.
- Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality code that allows efficient and streamlined Git operations for high velocity AI coding experience.
- Understands resource efficiency (CPU, memory, network, disk, etc.) in complex operations.
- Wants to contribute to open source
- Having an interest in scaling Git to accommodate ever increasing repository sizes.
- Ability to communicate effectively with partner teams around GitHub. This role will require being able to document your ideas successfully.
- Ability to translate other teams' requirements into detailed action plans.
- Willingness to communicate with the customer on Git related limitations.
- Willingness to contribute to an on-call rotation.
Required Qualifications:
-
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep understanding of Git internals.
- Ability to code in C or Rust, or the willingness to learn C.
- Experience working with open-source teams or projects.
- Understanding how to maintain a custom fork of an open-source product while continuing to send changes upstream.
- Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality product.
- Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GitHub Leadership Principles:
GitHub values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
- Model
- Coach
- Care
Leadership principles
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
GitHub
Staff Software Engineer, Git Contrib
Remote
New 22h ago
Job functions:
$145k - $384k/yr
Remote (US)
Master's degree in physics
Job Description
About GitHub: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.
Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
This role is focused on wide-reaching, cross-team work to improve our git code-hosting platform. This role will be involved in the design rollout, and support of highly performant code to enable the next generation of AI-driven software development.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GitHub Leadership Principles:
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
GitHub is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Git-Contrib Engineering team, which runs the largest code-hosting platform in the world, part of our Platform and Infrastructure organization. Git-Contrib is responsible for the Git binary that underpins everything that “Git”Hub accomplishes. The Git protocol needs to evolve to meet the needs of the next generation of agentic developers. We need your help to accomplish this change. The team is highly distributed and the right candidate will thrive in an environment of asynchronous communication. We expect you to have excellent written communication skills and be able to create working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe.
This role is focused on wide-reaching, cross-team work to improve our git code-hosting platform. This role will be involved in the design rollout, and support of highly performant code to enable the next generation of AI-driven software development.
- Design, develop, test, and ship high-quality code that allows efficient and streamlined Git operations for high velocity AI coding experience.
- Understands resource efficiency (CPU, memory, network, disk, etc.) in complex operations.
- Wants to contribute to open source
- Having an interest in scaling Git to accommodate ever increasing repository sizes.
- Ability to communicate effectively with partner teams around GitHub. This role will require being able to document your ideas successfully.
- Ability to translate other teams' requirements into detailed action plans.
- Willingness to communicate with the customer on Git related limitations.
- Willingness to contribute to an on-call rotation.
Required Qualifications:
-
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep understanding of Git internals.
- Ability to code in C or Rust, or the willingness to learn C.
- Experience working with open-source teams or projects.
- Understanding how to maintain a custom fork of an open-source product while continuing to send changes upstream.
- Experience working closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to drive cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality product.
- Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GitHub Leadership Principles:
GitHub values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
- Model
- Coach
- Care
Leadership principles
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
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Who's Hiring
- CVS Health50
- GitHub17
- Affirm12
- ServiceNow8
- Whatnot7
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software30
- Insurance9
- Banking & Financial Services3
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals3
- Manufacturing2
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote staff software developer jobs.
- Seven or more years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
- Deep proficiency in at least one backend language such as Go, Java, Python, or Scala
- Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
- Ability to drive technical strategy and influence engineering decisions across multiple teams
- Strong background in cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and leading cross-functional technical initiatives
Tips for Your Remote Staff Software Developer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote staff software developer openings from across the U.S. in one place. Search roles that match your stack and seniority and apply directly before postings fill. Early applications on in-demand remote roles get more attention.
Show async communication in your application
Remote engineering teams at the staff level rely on written clarity over verbal presence. Include links to technical design documents, architecture decision records, or detailed pull request descriptions you have authored. These signals tell remote employers you can lead without being in the room.
Document your system design work publicly
Remote staff software developer candidates who publish case studies, post-mortems, or architectural write-ups on a personal site or GitHub give hiring teams concrete evidence of senior thinking. Written artifacts do the credentialing work that hallway conversations do in an office.
Target remote-first companies in your search
Companies built as remote-first from the start have engineering cultures that reward the skills staff software developers use most: independent ownership, async decision-making, and cross-timezone collaboration. Filter your search toward these organizations rather than hybrid teams still adapting to distributed work.
Remote Staff Software Developer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote staff software developer job?
Remote staff software developer roles go to candidates who can demonstrate senior-level ownership and clear written communication without relying on in-person collaboration. Remote-first companies and distributed product teams screen heavily for async work habits, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to drive projects forward independently. A portfolio of shipped systems, open-source contributions, or detailed technical writing gives you a concrete edge over equally skilled candidates.
Which companies hire remote staff software developers?
Companies hiring remote staff software developers right now include CVS Health, GitHub, and Affirm, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote staff software developer roles are most common at remote-first product companies, distributed platform teams, and high-growth software and fintech firms that operate across multiple time zones.
Can you get a remote staff software developer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level staff software developer openings are limited because remote work demands early independence that most employers expect experience to build. Your strongest path is contributing to open-source projects with real pull request history, building and documenting side projects publicly, and targeting early-stage remote-first startups where scope expands quickly. Demonstrating async communication skills and self-direction matters as much as your code.
Do you need a degree for remote staff software developer jobs?
Not always. Remote employers hiring at the staff level weigh demonstrated engineering impact far more heavily than formal credentials. A strong portfolio of systems you have designed, meaningful open-source contributions, and evidence of technical leadership in previous roles can substitute for a degree. That said, some larger remote employers include a degree requirement in their screening criteria, so expect variation.
Which industries hire the most remote staff software developers?
Remote staff software developer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Insurance, and Banking & Financial Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on distributed engineering teams that build and scale complex software systems, making the staff software developer role a natural fit for fully remote structures.
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