Senior Backend Engineer, GitLab
Create: Code Creation - Ruby and Python
One DevOps platform
Open for applications
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
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
- Significant professional experience with Ruby on Rails and Python, with a track record of building production systems at scale
- Proven ability to architect and lead complex technical projects from concept to production across distributed systems
- Strong experience with AI/ML technologies, including integration with large language models and understanding of prompt engineering
- Deep expertise in performance optimization, particularly for systems handling high-volume API requests
- Experience designing and building distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and scalability
- Strong background in database design and optimization for applications processing large datasets
- Demonstrated ability to drive technical decisions and influence engineering strategy across multiple teams
- Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical capabilities of a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaborating in a remote, globally distributed environment
- Ability to work effectively across different technology stacks and quickly learn new languages and frameworks as needed
Desirable
- Experience with Rust and/or TypeScript
- Background in developer tools, IDEs, or language servers
- Experience with graph databases or knowledge graph systems
- Prior work on AI agent systems or multi-agent architectures
- Contributions to open source projects, particularly in the AI or developer tools space
- Experience with code analysis tools, static analyzers, or abstract syntax trees
What the job involves
- The Create: Code Creation team builds and maintains GitLab's AI-powered code development tools that help developers write, review, and understand code more effectively
- Our team has successfully launched multiple foundational AI capabilities including Code Suggestions (AI-assisted code completions in multiple IDEs), Duo Code Review (automated AI-powered code review), and the Knowledge Graph (intelligent code indexing and context system)
- We're now expanding and deepening these capabilities across GitLab Duo's AI suite
- As a Staff Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership for sophisticated systems that power our AI-driven code creation features
- You'll architect solutions that analyze codebases to provide relevant context to large language models, design systems that coordinate multiple AI agents and tools, and help shape the technical direction of GitLab's AI initiatives
- You'll work across multiple services and technologies including our main Rails application, AI Gateway (Python), Knowledge Graph (Rust), and Language Server (TypeScript), ensuring our solutions maintain high performance and reliability for our global user base
- You'll architect and lead the implementation of complex AI-powered coding assistance systems spanning multiple services and technologies (Ruby/Rails, Python, Rust, TypeScript)
- Drive technical strategy for AI coding tools including code suggestions, code review, and code generation capabilities
- Design and build scalable, high-performance APIs and services that power IDE extensions and AI-assisted development workflows
- Lead initiatives to improve the quality, relevance, and responsiveness of AI-generated code suggestions and reviews
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI/ML models and technologies to enhance our coding assistance capabilities
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers across the Code Creation team and collaborate with other teams
- Influence product and engineering decisions by proposing thorough, iterative solutions to complex technical and architectural challenges
- Drive innovation in AI-powered development tools, experimenting with new approaches to code suggestion, review, and generation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, marketing, and more
- Represent the team in technical discussions with customers and stakeholders about AI-powered development capabilities
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.
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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: $434.7m
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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