# Staff Engineer, People Technology

**Company**: GitLab
**Location**: Remote, Canada; Remote, United States
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $126,400-$213,600 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8638295002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

As a Staff Engineer, People Technology, you'll drive the evolution of GitLab's People systems through an AI-first transformation mindset. You'll build and maintain the automations, agents, and integrations that connect Workday, Greenhouse, Slack, and internal tools.

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and maintain people system automations and integrations across Workato, Google Cloud Platform, Claude, Workday, Greenhouse, and GitLab.

- Build and maintain integrations between Workday, Greenhouse, Slack, and internal tools using Workday Web Services (WWS) and Slack's API and Bot SDK.

- Write, version, and maintain automation code in Ruby (or comparable scripting languages) stored in GitLab.

- Develop and manage Slack apps and bots that deliver intuitive, automated workflows.

- Diagnose root problems, challenge assumptions, and co-design automation solutions that are durable, scalable, and built to last.

- Serve as subject matter expert on Workato automation architecture, driving standardization, reusability, and scalability.

- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices for People system automation.

- Leverage AI tools, large language models (LLMs), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) frameworks to accelerate automation development.

- Provide technical guidance to teammates and stakeholders.

Requirements:

- Hands-on experience writing and maintaining code in Ruby or a comparable scripting language.

- Deep expertise in Workato or a comparable enterprise automation/integration platform.

- Strong experience integrating with Workday using Workday Web Services (WWS).

- Experience building Slack apps and automations using Slack's API and Bot SDK.

- Proficiency with Git and GitLab for version control, code review, and CI/CD workflows.

- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS.

- Experience connecting HR systems including Workday, Greenhouse, and internal tools.

- Comfort working with AI tools and MCP frameworks.

- Strong communication skills.

- An engineering mindset applied to people systems.

- People system fluency.

- Intellectual curiosity and a bias for action.

Benefits:

- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

- Flexible Paid Time Off

- Team Member Resource Groups

- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

- Growth and Development Fund

- Parental leave

- Home office support

## Skills

### Required
- Ruby
- Workato
- Workday Web Services
- Slack API
- GitLab
- Google Cloud Platform
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes

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