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Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience

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about 4 hours ago
Remote, Canada +2 more
Staff+

Base Salary

$132k - $282k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Provide hands-on engineering contributions and technical leadership across six Developer Experience teams.
  • Partner with engineering teams to identify pain points and translate frustrations into actionable improvements.
  • Help modernize testing to support GitLab's growth with reliable tools.
  • Build workflows that reduce merge and CI friction, delivering fast feedback.
  • Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Infrastructure teams to eliminate architectural bottlenecks.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the organization.

Requirements

  • Deep experience with developer tooling, DevEx strategies, and testing frameworks at scale.
  • Experience leading platform or transformation initiatives across multiple teams.
  • Proven ability to influence without authority and collaborate across functions.
  • Familiarity with DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in a remote-first environment.
  • A product mindset with a passion for empowering developers.
  • Alignment with GitLab values, especially collaboration, iteration, and transparency.

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.
  • Home office support.

Tech Stack

GoRuby

Categories

BackendDevOpsTesting