AI Job RemoteFull-time
Prompt Engineer — Code Generation
GitHub
Remote (US) $150k–$220k Posted May 10, 2026
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Job Description
GitHub is hiring a Prompt Engineer focused on code generation for GitHub Copilot. You will design prompts that help developers write better code faster, work on context retrieval strategies, and evaluate the quality of AI-generated code suggestions.
Responsibilities
- Design and optimise prompts for code completion, generation, and explanation
- Develop retrieval strategies for relevant code context (RAG for code)
- Build automated code quality evaluation pipelines
- Analyse Copilot usage data to identify improvement opportunities
- Work with ML team to guide model fine-tuning decisions
Requirements
- Strong software engineering background across multiple languages
- Experience with LLM-based code generation tools
- Understanding of IDE integration and developer workflow context
- Python skills for evaluation and analysis