Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby)

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. 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.*Fortune 500 is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this roleAs a Backend Engineer on the Gitaly team, you'll help build GitLab's Git data storage tier, a standalone product that provides reliable, secure, and fast access to Git repositories through application programming interfaces (APIs) and storage operations. Our work spans distributed storage, repository management, high availability, performance, observability, and operational excellence. We're currently building the next generation of source code management (SCM), including new approaches to scaling Git storage and improving how repository data is managed and served. We value pragmatic engineering, thoughtful trade-offs, continuous improvement, and sustainable ways of working while operating a service that's critical to GitLab. What you'll doOwn moderately sized to complex technical initiatives from problem definition and proposal through implementation, rollout, monitoring, and operational follow-through. Act as the directly responsible individual for projects by aligning stakeholders, communicating progress and trade-offs, identifying risks, and keeping execution moving with minimal guidance. Lead technical design for distributed storage, Git repository management, performance, reliability, and scalability problems, using data and benchmarking to guide decisions. Partner with engineers and teams across GitLab, including Git, Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering, Dedicated, and customer-facing teams, to deliver cross-functional outcomes. Improve engineering practices through mentoring, documentation, knowledge sharing, design reviews, and constructive code reviews. Take operational ownership of the systems you work on, including incident response, post-incident improvements, capacity and performance analysis, and customer escalations. What you'll bringSignificant professional experience building, debugging, and optimizing distributed or highly available software systems in large-scale production environments. Experience owning complex projects end to end, including technical design, execution, rollout, and operational support. Strong systems design skills and the ability to reason about performance, failure modes, consistency, concurrency, capacity, and observability. Experience mentoring engineers, improving team practices, and raising the quality of designs, code, testing, and documentation. Professional experience with Go or another backend or systems language. Experience with Ruby, Git internals, gRPC, or Git server infrastructure is highly desirable. About the teamThe Gitaly team includes Backend Engineers who share ownership of the product's design, implementation, reliability, and customer outcomes. How GitLab Supports Full-Time EmployeesBenefits to support your health, finances, and well-beingFlexible Paid Time Off Team Member Resource GroupsEquity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase PlanGrowth and Development FundParental LeavePlease note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process. Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. 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