Senior Backend Engineer, Core DevOps

GitLab is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, implement, and evolve product capabilities while solving high-scope backend problems. The ideal candidate will influence the technical and product direction of the team, work across product, frontend, infrastructure, data, and security boundaries, and help define standards for a high-scale, global product.

Why you'll love this role

• High Impact: Shape the architecture of a global platform used by millions.
• Technical Agency: Influence team objectives, technical direction, and long-range goals.
• Innovative Culture: Experiment with and integrate agentic AI into production engineering workflows.
• Autonomy: Thrive in a remote-first, asynchronous organization.
• User-Centric Collaboration: Partner with PMs and designers to shape requirements.

What you'll do

• Drive Technical Direction: Design and ship moderate to complex backend features.
• Raise the Bar: Advocate for product quality, security, availability, and performance.
• Mentor & Lead: Mentor associate and intermediate engineers.
• Operational Excellence: Diagnose and prevent performance/reliability issues at scale.
• AI Integration: Use AI in production engineering work to improve outcomes.

What you'll bring

• Deep Backend Expertise: Strong command of backend architecture, APIs, data systems, and performance tuning.
• Adaptability: Proficiency in modern backend languages and systems programming.
• Architectural Judgment: Experience designing or evolving modular backend boundaries.
• Influence: Ability to lead through influence, technical judgment, and clear written communication.
• Agentic AI Expertise: Proven experience building or operating agentic systems in production.

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