Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in developing in Ruby or Golang (Ruby preferred)
• Strong experience working on public cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and managed compute platform (e.g, Google Cloud Run)
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code & configuration management (Terraform & Ansible)
• Track record building developer tools that improve velocity, quality, and code health
• Experience with comprehensive testing approaches and product launches
• Strong experience with software design and architecture
• Technical leadership experience setting direction and guiding project teams
• Background in engineering productivity, developer tooling, and test automation
• Experience managing data and building visualization with analytics platforms (e.g, Snowflake)

What you'll be doing

• Contribute to the overall direction of the Developer Experience stage and Engineering-wide developer productivity initiatives through cross-team collaboration and technical leadership
• Teach, mentor and grow engineers across teams while providing technical guidance aligned with strategic objectives
• Plan and execute improvements with a 12-month roadmap that supports stage-level OKRs
• Solve complex, ambiguous technical problems across teams, innovating through experimentation and boldly tackling large-scale challenges
• Partner with the Management team, and enable Staff Engineers to engage on stage-level aspects of larger initiatives
• Propose technical implementations that support architectural changes that solve scaling and performance problems
• Interact with customers and other external stakeholders as a consultant and spokesperson for the work of your stage
• Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions
• Ship features and improvements independently with minimal guidance while mentoring other team members

Nice to Haves

• N/A

Perks and Benefits

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