GitLab

Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Enablement

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Remote, United StatesSenior

Base Salary

$157k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve reusable backend platforms and tooling for performance testing and analysis.
  • Create self-service workflows, documentation, templates, diagnostics, and AI-assisted engineering skills.
  • Apply AI across implementation, testing, debugging, documentation, and automation workflows.
  • Enable engineering teams to incorporate performance testing into normal development and release preparation.
  • Generalize hands-on performance engagements into capabilities that many teams can adopt independently.
  • Provide technical expertise for difficult performance questions, tooling enhancements, and new platform capabilities.

Requirements

  • Experience building backend or platform software.
  • Experience building internal platforms or developer-facing tooling.
  • Experience partnering with development teams to improve their workflows.
  • Experience applying AI across the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience with software performance, including analysis, optimization, benchmarking, or leading performance improvements.
  • Practical experience with Kubernetes, k6, and Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience building durable solutions for broad adoption using systems thinking.
  • Clear written communication and the ability to influence teams without direct authority.

Benefits

  • 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.
  • Fully remote work; location-based eligibility requirements may apply.
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About GitLab

1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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