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Staff Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity

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about 4 hours ago
Remote, United States or Remote, CanadaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical direction for the team's agentic systems.
  • Discover and prioritize sources of friction across GitLab's SDLC.
  • Work across any part of GitLab's codebase as needed.
  • Apply distributed systems judgment to ensure code reliability.
  • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers on best practices.
  • Collaborate with the India-based group on roadmap alignment.
  • Own the Technical Leadership round for hiring new staff engineers.
  • Establish a greenfield technical foundation from day one.

Requirements

  • Experience building reliable agentic or LLM-based systems.
  • Ability to work autonomously in unfamiliar codebases.
  • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems and computer science.
  • Proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python, with the ability to read and modify code in others.
  • Track record of delivering results from unclear or incomplete requirements.
  • Experience designing evaluation frameworks for complex systems.
  • History of unblocking and enabling teammates through collaboration.

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.