Job Information
GitHub Applied Researcher II Intern in United States
About GitHub
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. 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
GitHub is the home for software development, where we collaborate to build the world's leading AI-powered developer platform.
In the GitHub code scanning team, we are passionate about ensuring the security and quality of the world’s software - from open source to the enterprise. We believe that the best way to secure and improve the quality of software is to detect actionable issues early in the development process, and actively facilitate their remediation as part of the developer workflow.
Our team develops the GitHub code scanning product, used by hundreds of thousands of developers and projects every day as part of GitHub's Advanced Security offering to find and fix vulnerabilities in their code, and powered by two detection and remediation engines:
CodeQL (https://codeql.github.com/) is GitHub's own semantic code analysis engine that uses world-class static analysis research and technology to deeply analyze code, enabling the early detection of security vulnerabilities and correctness errors in software. CodeQL supports a wide range of programming languages, including C/C++, C#, Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, Ruby, and Swift.
Copilot Autofix (https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/managing-code-scanning-alerts/responsible-use-autofix-code-scanning) is our LLM-powered remediation system that produces high-quality fix suggestions for code scanning alerts, empowering developers to fix alerts as soon as they are found or that already exist in their codebase.
Responsibilities
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 a research internship in 2025.
In this role, you will work with one of the distributed engineering teams in the code scanning group at GitHub on a specialized project at the intersection of AI and static program analysis. You will carry out research, run experiments, and build prototypes in the area of using LLMs to detect and fix code security vulnerabilities and code quality concerns. Your work will integrate with existing GitHub systems like Copilot Autofix, and explore the boundaries of what is possible by combining AI systems with existing programming language tools and the GitHub platform.
This is a remote summer internship for 12 consecutive weeks with start dates in
June 2025 with an onsite week during the internship.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Currently in the process of obtaining a PhD in Computer Science, or similar with at least one quarter/semester to complete after the internship.
Available to work full time for a minimum of 12 weeks while not concurrently enrolled in coursework, starting June 2025.
2+ years of experience with software engineering or prototype development in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or a similar programming language.
Research or development experience in the following areas:
Software security, including static analysis, dynamic analysis, software supply chain security, and best practices in creating high-quality, secure code.
Machine learning applied to understanding source code, specifically using prompt engineering with large language models (LLMs) and systematic data collection and result evaluation.
Preferred Qualifications:
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Track record of working both independently and collaboratively.
Published research on machine learning applied to source code and programming languages.
Knowledge of compilers, program analysis, programming language design and implementation.
Experience building developer tools that operate on source code, such as compilers, parsers, linters, static analyzers, debuggers, CLI tools, or IDE extensions.
Compensation Range
The base salary range for this job is USD $50.06 - USD $71.52 /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
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