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overview of this role
We're looking for a Backend Engineer
to join our Source Code Experience team
within GitLab's Create stage.
You'll help make everyday source
code workflows clear, reliable, and
efficient for people working across
GitLab projects. As artificial
intelligence agents increasingly write
and manage code alongside people,
you'll build backend capabilities
and interfaces that support trustworthy
collaboration between people and agents.
You'll work in one of GitLab's
oldest and most complex product areas,
using Ruby and GraphQL to improve
critical source code experiences across
GitLab.com, self-managed instances, and
GitLab Dedicated. The Source Code group
is responsible for the backend and
frontend aspects of the product
categories within Source Code. With
support from experienced team members,
you'll help maintain high
reliability through performance and
structured query language tuning,
caching, rate limiting, testing,
observability, and resiliency.
You'll collaborate with product
management, product design, testing,
security, user experience research,
technical writing, Gitaly, Code Review,
and other Source Code teams to deliver
reliable and performant systems.
Learn more about the Create:Source Code
teams in the GitLab Handbook.
What you’ll do

Develop secure, well-tested, performant
features and improvements using Ruby and
GraphQL.
Work through complex requirements and
legacy constraints to deliver clear
solutions while protecting the
reliability of this critical system.
Design and maintain backend services,
application programming interfaces, data
models, and business logic that support
intuitive source code workflows.
Collaborate across functions and teams,
both asynchronously and synchronously,
and involve domain experts when their
input will improve the outcome.
Use artificial intelligence agents for
well-scoped work when they can speed up
delivery without sacrificing quality,
and critically review their output.
Write maintainable code that follows
GitLab's standards and contribute to
constructive code reviews.
Help strengthen reliability by
monitoring production health metrics,
participating in Tier 2 on-call,
troubleshooting incidents, contributing
to root cause analysis, and improving
observability and resiliency.
Share knowledge through code review,
technical documentation, and everyday
collaboration while learning from
others.

What you’ll bring

Professional experience building backend
web applications, services, or
application programming interfaces, with
experience using Ruby and GraphQL.
An understanding of relational
databases, structured query language,
data modeling, caching, background
processing, and backend performance
practices.
Experience contributing to user-facing
workflows and maintaining their
underlying systems.
Experience writing backend unit and
integration tests, with familiarity with
the testing pyramid, Git, and
collaborative code review processes.
Experience using artificial intelligence
coding agents and reviewing their
output, or an interest in building these
skills in a complex monorepo.
Clear written and spoken English
communication skills, including sharing
useful status updates in a remote,
asynchronous environment.
The ability to manage assigned
priorities, work through ambiguity, take
ownership of your work, and seek
guidance when needed.

About the team
We work on a complex product area that
serves GitLab.com, self-managed
instances, and GitLab Dedicated.
You'll work closely with Code
Review, Gitaly, and other Source Code
teams.
We welcome candidates with different
levels and types of experience. Many
successful candidates don't meet
every requirement. If you're excited
about this role, please apply and allow
our recruiting team to assess your
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Full-Time Employees

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 

Please note that we welcome interest
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