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.
GitLab offers benefits to support 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
High-scale production environments
Distributed systems design
Release orchestration and deployment automation
Docker and Kubernetes at production scale
GitOps workflows and tools
Policy-based governance
Nice-to-have
AI engineering experience
Building AI-integrated features
Ruby on Rails experience
Collaborative, async-first environment
Key Requirements
Deep professional experience building backend services in Go
Track record in high-scale production environments
Expertise in distributed systems design
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 engineering workflows