Intermediate Distribution Engineer, GitLab
GitLab:Build
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
One DevOps platform
Open for applications
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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
- Familiarity with GNU/Linux build toolchains (autotools, make, cmake, gcc, etc.)
- Production experience with building container images and container build tooling
- Experience with Debian and RHEL based systems, and building .deb and .rpm packages
- Experience using Continuous Integration systems (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Action, Jenkins, Travis)
- Advanced Shell Scripting expertise in production environments, including the ability to write and maintain complex scripts (Ruby, Golang, Python, or Rust are a plus)
- Familiarity with building and packaging cloud native applications
- Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
- Experience with major cloud providers (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure)
- Knowledge of service scaling and rollout strategies. (Desirable)
- Awareness of Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc) is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Distribution Engineer, your work within the GitLab Build team will help us manage the build pipelines, research support for new services, platforms, and architectures, as well as maintain existing ones
- You will be tasked with ensuring the components that make up GitLab are up-to-date, license compliant, and available for our users’ platforms and architectures
- GitLab Build engineering regularly interfaces with broader development teams in supporting newly created features
- The GitLab Build team is involved with diverse projects and tasks that include assisting community packaging efforts
- Multi-Platform Packages: Build and maintain packages for supported Linux distributions and architectures. Participate in product release activities
- Container Images: Develop and maintain official GitLab container images
- Build Tooling & Infrastructure: Develop and maintain tools that enable efficient component building
- Integration Services: Ensure development team components integrate seamlessly into GitLab packages
- Security Partnership: Collaborate with Security teams to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, proactively improve posture and footprint
- Dependency Management: Maintain up-to-date, secure dependencies across all components
- Documentation & Self-Service: Create guides and provide infrastructure enable and facilitate development teams working independently
- Cloud Marketplace: Manage listings and integrations with major cloud providers
- Installation Experience: Maintain install, update, and upgrade documentation and processes pertaining to GitLab installation and setup
- Quality Assurance: Ensure all installation methods are thoroughly tested before release
- Code License Management: Ensure compliance across all bundled dependencies
- Partner Certifications: Submit components and packages to partners for validations and certifications
- The Build team is focused on producing artifacts including system packages, container images, and related components like marketplace listings alongside the tooling required to create and maintain them
- We serve as the bridge between development teams and end users, providing tooling and expertise that enables efficient component building while delivering installation experiences that are simple, secure, and dependable
- In addition, the Build team is also responsible for reviewing a large number of MR's authored outside the team
- These include dependency and security updates for other bundled components like PostgreSQL, Consul, Patroni
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.
Kirsty
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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: $435.1m
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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