Senior Software Engineer, Code Search

Overview

GitHub is shaping the future of software development in the age of AI agents — and search is at the heart of it. As GitHub’s lexical and semantic code search engine, Blackbird powers context retrieval for business‑critical experiences across the platform and our Copilot products.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help develop, scale, operate and extend Blackbird. This role is specifically focused on infrastructure, operations, automation, CI/CD, DX, observability, and security. You’ll be part of our Copilot Agents organization, positively impacting millions of software developers and AI agents around the world.

The ideal candidate has strong experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and reliability engineering, and the ability to work autonomously, learn quickly, and communicate and set technical direction. You will work within a strong team of staff and principal engineers and collaborate with partner ...