Senior Backend Engineer, Release

Gitlab is looking for a Backend Engineer for the Release stage, which is part of GitLab's CI/CD product.  In this role you will develop features in the product areas of Continuous Delivery and Release Automation. Visit our direction page for more information.

The Release group is a combined group which means that all the engineers, Frontend and Backend, report to a single Fullstack Manager, Engineering. The intention of using this model is to increase efficiency and drive results by building a process that supports the whole group's effort towards our goals. Primarily, this means that all engineers participate in conversations in the group and contribute broadly to group process iteration.

Responsibilities

• Develop features and improvements to the GitLab product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Product Designers, Frontend Engineers and other stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.
• Solve technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team, and propose and implement solutions.
• Ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects.

You should apply if:

• Professional experience with Ruby on Rails and GraphQL.
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions.
• Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
• Demonstrated ability to onboard and integrate with an organization long-term.
• Positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Effective communication skills: Regularly achieve consensus with peers, and clear status updates.
• Aspiration toward building our culture of communication, inclusion, and visibility.
• Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of an organization.
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values.

You will stand out if:

• Experience with DevOps tools and application deployment models (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Experience with the GitLab product as a user or contributor.
• Experience working remotely
• Experience working for a product company or startup

Typical Hiring Process 

1. 30 minute screening call with the Recruiter
2. 90 minute technical interview
3. 60 minute behavioral panel interview
4. 60 minute senior leader interview
5. Reference Checks