Intermediate Backend Engineer

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC. 

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

As an Intermediate Backend Engineer on our next-generation Security Platform Management team, you will help build GitLab's enterprise security solutions from the ground up. You'll design and develop greenfield backend services that close competitive gaps and position GitLab as a single platform for enterprise security, directly shaping how thousands of organizations understand and manage their security posture at scale. Working closely with a distributed team of 8 engineers, a Product Manager, and a UX designer across the US, Israel, and India, you'll own critical backend systems and APIs that power capabilities like a new Security Manager role system, asset inventory with posture sharing, logical asset gathering with statistics, and unified configuration for GitLab's security tools.

Some examples of our projects:

• Building a new Security Manager role system to centralize and streamline security administration
• Creating assets inventory and posture sharing capabilities, including logical asset gathering and unified configuration for all GitLab security tools

• Design and develop next-generation Security Platform Management capabilities that strengthen GitLab's enterprise security offering
• Build and optimize scalable backend services and data models in Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL for large volumes of security data
• Develop and maintain robust REST and GraphQL APIs that power security workflows across the GitLab platform
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Policies, and Security Insights teams to deliver cross-functional security features end to end
• Implement and refine unified configuration mechanisms for GitLab's suite of security tools to simplify management at scale
• Work within focused, feature-specific squads to deliver high-impact, well-tested functionality with minimal context switching
• Contribute to technical design decisions, code reviews, and standards that shape the architecture of GitLab's security platform

• Proficiency in backend development with Ruby on Rails, including building and maintaining production services
• Experience designing and optimizing PostgreSQL schemas and queries for large-scale data
• Experience building and maintaining REST and GraphQL APIs that integrate with complex products or platforms
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), ideally using GitLab
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch and NoSQL database technologies, or interest in learning and applying them
• Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional teams with product management and design
• Ability to work autonomously in an all-remote, asynchronous environment while staying aligned with team goals
• Interest in security domains and in building scalable, reliable solutions for enterprise customers, with openness to transferable experience from related areas

The Security Platform Management team sits within GitLab's Security Risk Management area and is responsible for building new platform capabilities that help enterprises understand, manage, and improve their security posture inside GitLab. Our team consists of 8 backend engineers, 1 Product Manager, and 1 UX designer distributed across the US, Israel, and India, and we collaborate asynchronously and organize into feature-specific squads to deliver focused outcomes. We own initiatives such as the new Security Manager role system, security assets inventory with posture sharing, logical asset gathering and statistics, and unified configuration for GitLab's security tools. Our main opportunity is greenfield: we are designing and shipping net-new enterprise security solutions rather than maintaining legacy systems, and defining how large organizations use GitLab to secure applications at global scale.

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off 
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental leave 
• Home office support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

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