Senior Software Engineer, GitLab
Ruby on Rails/Go, SSCS: Authentication
$139.2-235.2k
+ Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Salary shown for US locations
One DevOps platform
Open for applications
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$139.2-235.2k
+ Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Salary shown for US locations
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
- Professional experience with Go and/or Ruby in scaling or mission-critical software-as-a-service products
- Familiarity with authentication and authorization technologies or techniques such as OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), single sign-on (SSO), System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), JSON Web Token (JWT), role-based access control (RBAC), or identity and access management (IAM)
- Knowledge of token systems, cryptographic signing, and key management
- Experience building or contributing to a service from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution
- Proficiency in written and verbal English, with the ability to clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a remote, largely asynchronous work environment
- Experience with performance and optimization problems, and a demonstrated ability to diagnose and prevent these problems
- Experience working in a highly agile, iterative software development process, with the ability to manage your work effectively, stay organized, and follow through on priorities
- Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement
What the job involves
- Help us build the next generation of authentication services at GitLab. As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Authentication team, you'll work on authentication features across the Rails monolith and GATE, our new identity and access management control and data plane that supports every GitLab deployment model
- In this role, you'll expand authentication mechanisms such as support for agentic identities while helping keep GitLab and its customers secure through robust access management tooling and by addressing vulnerabilities reported through our HackerOne program
- The Authentication team works across many core components used by external users and GitLab teams. GATE will become the foundation for token issuance, validation, and identity services across GitLab.com multi-tenant SaaS, Self-Managed, Dedicated, and air-gapped environments
- This means your work will have a direct impact on the GitLab product and the customers and users who rely on it
- Some of our projects include:
- Building GATE as the centralized service for token issuance and validation
- Token consolidation and migration of authentication paths out of the Rails monolith
- Passkeys and passwordless authentication
- Composite identities to merge machine and human authorization for AI
- Service accounts and secure automation improvements
- Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), OpenID Connect (OIDC), and System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) enhancements for automated user provisioning and single sign-on (SSO)
- Contribute to the team's overall direction and play a direct part in shaping the future roadmap of GATE and GitLab's authentication services
- Design and implement authentication features across the Rails monolith and GATE, including token issuance, validation, and identity services
- Help migrate authentication and token management paths from the monolith into GATE while maintaining reliability across all deployment models
- Build authentication mechanisms from the ground up, such as Workload Identity Federation
- Bolster the security posture of our users and organizations through robust access management and by addressing vulnerabilities reported through our HackerOne program
- Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity across Go and Ruby codebases
- Help define and improve internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices in a high-scale environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review
- Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and contributions from people not working for GitLab Inc
- Ship moderately sized features and improvements with moderate guidance and support from other team members
- Collaborate with the team on larger projects, including the build-out of GATE
- Improve GitLab engineering projects through the maintainer trainee program at your own comfortable pace, while striving to become a project maintainer
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 capitalise on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected 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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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: $434.9m
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
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)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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