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Intermediate Backend Engineer - Code Security

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3 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Develop secure, tested, performant parsers for dependency manifests, lockfiles, and SBOMs, and add support for new package ecosystems and formats.
  • Build and apply deterministic and AI-driven vulnerability analyzers, evaluate their results, and measure false positives and missed findings against benchmark applications.
  • Create CWE-mapped detection rules and supporting test fixtures.
  • Package analyzers for CI jobs, AI-agent workflows, and command-line tools while reporting findings in GitLab security report formats.
  • Extend the automated remediation service from sandboxed dependency updates through merge request creation.
  • Identify and address technical debt, maintain internal coding standards through code review, and participate in on-call troubleshooting.

Requirements

  • Professional experience writing and testing production code in a systems language, particularly Go and/or Rust.
  • Experience using AI or LLM tools to generate or evaluate technical content with appropriate judgment.
  • Willingness to learn vulnerability classes such as OWASP Top 10 and CWE and apply static analysis to detect them.
  • Ability to work independently, communicate clearly about technical problems, and propose iterative solutions in a remote asynchronous environment.
  • Helpful but not required: experience with Docker, CI/CD, package managers such as npm, Maven, pip, Bundler, or Cargo, web or mobile frameworks, parsing, ASTs, program analysis, detection rules, or evaluation of AI-driven detection against labeled data.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work with location-based eligibility requirements that may vary by country.
  • Health, financial, and well-being benefits.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Team Member Resource Groups.
  • Equity compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Growth and Development Fund.
  • Parental leave.

Tech Stack

DockerGoMavennpmPythonRubyRust

Categories

GitLab

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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