Senior Backend Engineer, GitLab
Create, IDE, Java, Kotlin
$110.8-237.6k
Colorado, Washington, California, New York and New Jersey only
One DevOps platform
Job no longer available
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$110.8-237.6k
Colorado, Washington, California, New York and New Jersey only
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
- Mandatory: significant professional experience with Java or Kotlin
- Mandatory: professional experience with Jetbrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio)
- Mandatory: previous experience with IDE support for Kotlin or Java
- Highly desirable: previous experience with Build systems (e.g., Gradle, Maven)
- Highly desirable: previous experience with Frameworks and libraries (e.g., Spring Boot, Hibernate)
- Highly desirable: experience building, debugging, optimizing software in large-scale, high-volume environments
- Highly desirable: proven Database skills (e.g., SQL, ORM frameworks)
- Highly desirable: recent experience with Web development with Kotlin or Java (e.g., JSP, Servlets)
- 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 about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
- Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
- Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution
- Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills
- Share our values, and work in accordance with those values
- Ability to thrive in a fully remote organization
- Ability to use GitLab Comfort and familiarity with our code review process
What the job involves
- At GitLab, developers are independent and self-organized individual contributors who work together as a tight team in a remote and agile way
- Most backend developers work on all aspects of GitLab, building features, fixing bugs, and generally improving the application
- Senior Backend Engineers at GitLab work on our product. This includes both the open source version of GitLab, the enterprise editions, and the GitLab.com service as well
- They work with peers on teams dedicated to areas of the product. They work together with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to solve common goals
- The Create: IDE team is part of Create Stage in the Dev Sub-department. We focus on multiple categories: Remote Development, Web IDE, and the GitLab VS Code Extension
- Our team has the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology: Joining the Editor Extensions team provides the opportunity to work on AI enhancement projects, which are at the forefront of technological advancements
- The team's focus on expanding IDE support for Jetbrains IDEs using Kotlin or Java offers an exciting challenge and a chance to contribute to innovative solutions
- Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have a particular impact across your team
- Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity. Exert influence on the overall objectives and long-range goals of your team
- Experience with performance and optimization problems, particularly at large scale, and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
- Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment
- Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review
- Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions
- Provide mentorship for Junior and Intermediate Engineers on your team to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy
- Confidently ship moderately sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members
- Collaborate with the team on larger projects
- Improve the engineering projects at GitLab via the maintainer program at 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: $435m
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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