As a Staff Backend Engineer on the GitLab CD team, you'll be a foundational technical leader on a high-visibility greenfield initiative at the intersection of GitLab's core platform and its AI strategy
Job Summary
As a Staff Backend Engineer on the GitLab CD team, you'll be a foundational technical leader on a high-visibility greenfield initiative at the intersection of GitLab's core platform and its AI strategy.
You'll lead technical execution on the CD platform, decompose complex architectural designs, and solve high-complexity engineering problems while setting and maintaining the technical bar.
GitLab offers benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being, flexible paid time off, equity compensation, and a growth and development fund.
Matching Summary
As a Staff Backend Engineer on the GitLab CD team, you'll be a foundational technical leader on a high-visibility greenfield initiative at the intersection of GitLab's core platform and its AI strategy.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Backend services in Go
Distributed systems design
Release orchestration at scale
Docker and Kubernetes
GitOps workflows
Policy-based governance
Nice-to-have
AI engineering experience
Building AI-integrated features
Ruby on Rails experience
Collaborative, async-first environment
Constructive approach to ambiguity
Key Requirements
Deep professional experience building backend services in Go
Extensive experience leading release orchestration, deployment automation, or continuous delivery systems
Extensive hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Strong familiarity with GitOps workflows
Experience with policy-based governance
Proven ability to translate complex architecture into executable engineering work
Demonstrated ability to incorporate AI tools into daily engineering workflows