Software Engineer II- GitHub India

Software Engineer II- GitHub India | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsSoftware Engineer II- GitHub IndiaIndia, Telangana, HyderabadApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200037087Date postedJul 20, 2026Work site3 days / week in-officeTravel25-50%ProfessionSoftware EngineeringDisciplineSoftware EngineeringRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewAs a Software Engineer II on the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) Release team, you will help build, validate, and deliver the software artifacts that enable GHES to ship reliably to customers worldwide. This team owns critical parts of the GHES release pipeline, including OS and container builds across platform, infrastructure, and application layers; package generation and certification; integration test environments; and distribution of release artifacts through Azure, AWS, and GCP. In this role, you will contribute to improving release reliability, accelerating issue detection and triage, and ensuring GHES ships as a high-quality, secure, and dependable appliance for enterprise customers. You will partner closely with teammates and adjacent engineering teams to implement improvements, investigate issues, and strengthen release systems over time.ResponsibilitiesContribute to the systems that build GHES operating system images, containers, and appliance artifacts across platform, infrastructure, and application layers. Implement, maintain, and improve release pipelines that generate, validate, and certify packages for GHES customer delivery. Should have fluency with AI-assisted development and data-driven engineering workflowsHelp build and operate integration test environments for GHES, ensuring they are reliable and useful for continuous validation. Improve CI quality by investigating failures, strengthening signal reliability, and partnering with feature teams to resolve issues. Support publication and distribution of GHES artifacts to Azure, AWS, and GCP for customer consumption. Partner with engineers across platform, infra, release, and product teams to improve release readiness, debugging, and root-cause analysis. Improve the safety, repeatability, observability, and compliance of release and certification workflows. Take ownership of well-scoped technical improvements that reduce release friction and increase confidence in shipped builds. Contribute across the end-to-end GHES release lifecycle, from build and package generation through validation, certification, and customer delivery. Participate in operational support for release infrastructure and assist in investigating and resolving issues impacting build, test, certification, or package delivery. Qualifications4+ years’ experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with experience maintaining and delivering production software in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python Experience building and operating production CI/CD or release pipelines for complex distributed systems. Experience with Linux-based systems, containers, and software packaging or artifact delivery. Experience troubleshooting build, test, and release failures across multiple layers of the stack. Proven ability to improve engineering systems through automation, observability, and process simplification. Bacherlors'/Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years’ experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with experience maintaining and delivering production software in languages including, but not limited to, C,...