Software Engineering Intern at GitHub

Job Description

As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 150+ million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate and experiment across 420+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.

Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

Overview

As a software engineer intern at GitHub, you will enhance the collaboration experience at GitHub by working closely with a community of engineers and designers with a distributed, diverse and passionate team delivering the services that millions of developers depend on. Internships at GitHub aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills while exploring potential career paths.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. In this role, you will design, develop and ship high-quality technical solutions that scale across multiple GitHub services. The GitHub culture promotes many opportunities for collaboration with peers as we all work “better together”. You’ll be assigned to one of our many fast-paced engineering teams to work on meaningful projects which support our business goals and mission.

This is a remote summer internship for 12 consecutive weeks with start dates between May-June 2026 with an onsite week during the internship.

Responsibilities

Develop high-performance, reliable, testable and maintainable code.
Participate in all aspects of software development activities, including design, coding, code review, testing, bug fixing, and code/API documentation.
Collaborate with engineers and participate in daily or weekly stand ups and meetings.
Work both independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced development team, with clear, positive, and constructive communication.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Currently in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or similar field with an expected conferral date between December 2026 and August 2027.
Available to work full time for a minimum of 12 weeks while not concurrently enrolled in coursework.
Track record of working both independently and collaboratively
Experience with two or more of the following skill sets: Ruby/Rails Go and related tooling Database Management Systems, preferably MySQL REST APIs React, Python or NodeJS

Preferred Qualifications:

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Experience with Git CLI, GitHub client or other version control platform for collaborative development
Attention to detail with good organizational and planning skills.

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $32.16 – USD $85.38 /Hr.

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.

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

Who We Are

GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.

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!