Staff Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity

GitLab is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for its Nonlinear Productivity team. As a technical anchor, you will set the technical direction for the team's agentic systems and drive solutions from discovery through completion.

Responsibilities:

• Set technical direction for agentic systems
• Discover and prioritize sources of friction across GitLab's SDLC
• Work across any part of GitLab's codebase
• Apply distributed systems judgment
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers
• Collaborate with the India-based group
• Serve as a bar raiser for hiring
• Own a greenfield technical foundation

Requirements:

• Experience building reliable agentic or large language model-based systems
• Ability to work autonomously in unfamiliar codebases
• Strong distributed systems and computer science fundamentals
• Proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python
• Track record of delivering results from unclear requirements
• Experience designing evaluation frameworks
• History of unblocking and enabling teammates

Benefits:

• Benefits to support 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