Backend Engineer, GitLab
Plan: Knowledge Engineering, Ruby
+ Equity Compensation + Stock Purchase Plan
One DevOps platform
Job no longer available
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity Compensation + Stock Purchase Plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it so that everyone can contribute. When everyone can contribute, users become contributors and we greatly increase the rate of innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Significant professional experience with Ruby On Rails. 70% of our code is in the Rails monolith, so you need to be comfortable with it and enjoy writing Ruby code
- SQL and Database Proficiency: Proficiency in writing efficient SQL queries, preferably with PostgreSQL, to manage and manipulate data effectively
- Some experience with Go or Rust (non-professional experience is fine)
- Professional experience building web applications and APIs (REST or GraphQL )
- Experience owning a feature from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution
- Adopt to Asynchronous Work: Manage priorities effectively focusing on results. Communicate clearly and navigate team dynamics proactively in our remote setting
- Share our values, and work in accordance with those values
- Contributions to GitLab are highly regarded, but not strictly necessary
What the job involves
- As the new Senior Backend Engineer, you will work on the highly requested features as well as maintaining the existing features by investigating and fixing existing bugs You’ll get to know our codebase, roadmap, and working methods
- You will then take ownership and be responsible for both architecture and hands-on implementation
- You’ll also help the team and community via code review, issue refinement, engaging with users and open-source contributors on public issues and merge requests, and advocating for process improvements
- Drive the development of specific features for GitLab Wiki and GitLab Pages together with the team, from initial issue analysis and architecting solutions to writing the code
- Support other team members and advocate for quality via code reviews, participating in retrospectives, and helping to onboard new engineers
- Collaborate across teams: engage with other engineers, product manager, infrastructure teams, and users to refine feature specifications and drive them to general availability
- Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, performance, and team processes
- Iterate in everything you do: identify the minimal viable changes and constantly ship value to users while keeping a larger product vision in mind
- Engage with community contributors and users on public issues: figure out the best solutions for specific issues, write detailed “how to implement” guides, and support contributors in the review process
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
GitLab is an open-source collaboration platform for developers. It enables teams to build code quickly from anywhere without compromising on security or quality. GitLab already has an estimated 30M+ users from all over the world.
According to a 2021 GitLab report, 60% of developers can release code 2x faster with DevOps platforms that bring teams together and accelerate processes. It stands out by catering to programmers of all experiences. Gitlab's version control system helps streamline the process of creating, maintaining, and deploying code, whoever you are.
GitLab was in the right place to capitalize on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected to continue to grow, and with it, GitLab's popularity. With its successful 2021 IPO and the patronage of major brands such as Nasdaq and Jaguar Land Rover, GitLab is expected to solidify its position as the go-to platform for development teams.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2019
$268m
SERIES E
Dec 2018
$20m
SERIES D
Total funding: $433.4m
Company benefits
- We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
- Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
- Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
- Generous Paid Time Off
Company values
- Collaboration - We prioritize things that help us work together effectively, such as assuming positive intent, saying “thanks” and “sorry,” and giving timely feedback.
- Results - We operate with a sense of urgency and bias for action, and we do what we promise — to each other, customers, users, and investors.
- Efficiency - From choosing boring solutions to documenting everything and being managers of one, we strive to make fast progress on the right things.
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging - We work to ensure GitLab is a place where people from every background and circumstance feel like they belong and can thrive.
- Iteration - We aim to do the smallest viable and valuable thing, and get it out quickly for feedback.
- Transparency - Everything we do is public by default, from our company handbook to the issue trackers for our product.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Sid Sijbrandij
(CEO)Studied Physics at the University of Twente. Interned at P&G and IBM. Was Lead Architect at the Netherlands' Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2012. Founded app store Comcoaster in 2008, and then co-founded GitLab in 2012.
Diversity & Inclusion at GitLab
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging is woven into our values and everything we do
- GitLab is home to many dedicated Team Member Resource Groups
- GitLab is a global, multi-cultural organization with team members all over the world
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