GitHub, the popular software development and version-control platform, employs about 2,740 people worldwide. Recent staffing activity shows 318 hires and 208 departures, resulting in steady net growth. This employee base supports the company’s mission of providing collaborative tools for developers while operating as an independent subsidiary within Microsoft’s ecosystem.
Engineering is GitHub’s largest function with roughly 1,379 employees, accounting for just over half of total headcount. Go-to-market roles are also sizable: Sales & Support makes up 17% of the workforce with 471 employees, while Marketing & Product teams represent nearly 10% at 271 people. Business Management (143), Operations (117), and Information Technology (100) together form a solid operational backbone, and smaller groups such as Finance & Administration (81), Human Resources (76), and Program & Project Management (48) round out the organization. This balanced structure underscores GitHub’s emphasis on both product development and customer engagement.
GitHub maintains a distributed footprint anchored by U.S. tech hubs. San Francisco hosts the largest single office with 301 employees (about 11% of the company), followed by Seattle (210) and New York (143). Additional clusters are found in Austin and Los Angeles (55 each), Denver (48), Portland (34), Boston (32), and a European presence in Amsterdam (40). A notable share of staff is categorized under “Other,” reflecting remote or smaller site arrangements that support the platform’s globally dispersed user community.