
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.

As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Core product: AI-powered developer platform for Git-based repo hosting, CI/CD, Codespaces, and Copilot
Scale: Over 100 million users and 330+ million repositories
Founded: 2008
Acquisition: Acquired by Microsoft in June 2018
Employee count: 6164
Developer collaboration, source control, CI/CD, developer tooling, and secure software delivery.
2008
Software Development
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First major VC infusion
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Acquired by Microsoft for $7.5B in stock
“Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, IVP”
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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, Canada
Overview
We’re looking for a Staff User Researcher to join the GitHub Customer Research team! As a core part of the Design organization, our team works closely with designers, PMs, and data teams to build the tools that support the future of software development.
At the Staff level, you are an elevating force for our research practice. You don't just execute projects; you move the right research forward for the entire product area, influencing the organization to participate in the process and building systems that allow research to happen repeatedly. You have a deep understanding of GitHub’s overall business and future goals, and you use that "big picture" view to prioritize high-impact work without oversight.
Responsibilities
Strategic Research Leadership
Qualifications
10+ years experience in user experience research
4+ years of experience using research methods to impact both high-level product direction and detailed experience design
4+ years relevant domain experience within software development sector.
4+ years relevant domain experience with developer tools
Preferred Qualifications:
GitHub values
Manager fundamentals
Leadership principles
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.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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!