4 hours ago
Remote, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and ship moderate-to-complex backend features with minimal guidance.
- Shape backend architecture and choose among modular-monolith code, shared components, and independently operated services.
- Define and advocate for backend standards covering style, maintainability, testing, APIs, and operational readiness.
- Diagnose and prevent performance and reliability issues at scale and participate in incident response.
- Mentor associate and intermediate engineers, remove technical blockers, and contribute through code and design reviews.
- Use, evaluate, and coach others on responsible AI use in production engineering workflows.
Requirements
- Strong command of backend architecture, APIs, data systems, and performance tuning in complex product or service environments.
- Proficiency in modern backend languages and a deep understanding of systems programming.
- Experience designing or evolving modular backend boundaries, bounded contexts, and migration-safe architectures.
- Ability to lead through influence, technical judgment, and clear written communication.
- Proven experience building or operating agentic systems in production, including loops, tool use, and error-handling strategies for reliability at scale.
Benefits
- Remote-global, remote-first work environment with asynchronous collaboration.
- Benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Team Member Resource Groups.
- Equity compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Growth and Development Fund.
- Parental leave.
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About GitLab
GitLab builds a DevSecOps platform that unifies source code management, CI/CD, and security with AI-assisted workflows for software teams and enterprises. It sells cloud-hosted and self-managed subscriptions, plus enterprise features and support. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, GitLab is a public company listed on NASDAQ and is widely used by large enterprises, including many in the Fortune 100.