Senior Backend Engineer, GitLab
Golang, SSCS: Authentication
+ Equity + ESPP
One DevOps platform
Open for applications
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Equity + ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it so that everyone can contribute. When everyone can contribute, users become contributors and we greatly increase the rate of innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience with Go and/or Rust for building high-performance infrastructure services
- Experience with proxy technologies (Envoy, Traefik, HAProxy, nginx) and edge routing
- Familiarity with DB technologies and storage, such as RDS, Google Spanner, Postgres or similar
- Experience with service mesh architectures, mTLS, and zero-trust networking
- Knowledge of gRPC, REST APIs, and service-to-service communication patterns
- Understanding of token systems (JWT, Macaroons), cryptographic signing, and key management
- Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment patterns
- Strong debugging and performance optimization skills for distributed systems
- Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
- Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate complex problems and solutions
- Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process
- Positive and solution-oriented mindset
- Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution
- Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills
What the job involves
- As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Auth Infrastructure team at GitLab, you'll help build the critical infrastructure layer that powers GitLab's authentication and authorization systems at scale. This role focuses on implementing and deploying the foundational components that enable secure, performant, and reliable identity services across all GitLab deployment models while supporting our transition to a zero-trust architecture
- You'll collaborate closely with the Authentication and Authorization teams to ensure the infrastructure layer can support their requirements, while working with Platform and Infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration across GitLab's architecture
- This is a unique opportunity to solve authentication infrastructure challenges at global scale while enabling GitLab's evolution toward microservices and zero-trust security
- Design and implement components of GitLab's authentication infrastructure layer, including Envoy proxy configuration, token services, and policy decision infrastructure
- Develop solutions for critical infrastructure challenges including bi-directional gRPC tunnels, mTLS implementation, and service mesh architecture
- Build infrastructure that supports multiple deployment models: GitLab.com (millions of users), self-managed, Dedicated, and air-gapped environments
- Optimize performance for authentication decisions at scale
- Implement infrastructure monitoring, observability, and debugging capabilities for distributed authentication systems
- Contribute to the overall direction of the team and play a direct part in driving future roadmap direction of a secure and scalable authentication solution for GitLab
- Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for high-scale distributed systems
- Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions
Our take
GitLab is an open-source collaboration platform for developers. It enables teams to build code quickly from anywhere without compromising on security or quality. GitLab already has an estimated 30M+ users from all over the world.
According to a 2021 GitLab report, 60% of developers can release code 2x faster with DevOps platforms that bring teams together and accelerate processes. It stands out by catering to programmers of all experiences. Gitlab's version control system helps streamline the process of creating, maintaining, and deploying code, whoever you are.
GitLab was in the right place to capitalize on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected to continue to grow, and with it, GitLab's popularity. With its successful 2021 IPO and the patronage of major brands such as Nasdaq and Jaguar Land Rover, GitLab is expected to solidify its position as the go-to platform for development teams.
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Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2019
$268m
SERIES E
Dec 2018
$20m
SERIES D
Total funding: $434.8m
Company benefits
- We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
- Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
- Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
- Generous Paid Time Off
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sid Sijbrandij
(CEO)Studied Physics at the University of Twente. Interned at P&G and IBM. Was Lead Architect at the Netherlands' Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2012. Founded app store Comcoaster in 2008, and then co-founded GitLab in 2012.
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