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GitLab · 4 days ago

Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Development Tooling

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform. The Intermediate Backend Engineer will focus on enhancing developer workflows by designing and maintaining internal tools and frameworks, collaborating closely with various teams to create robust solutions that improve performance and reliability.

Cloud SecurityDeveloper ToolsDevOpsOpen SourceSaaS

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain internal backend tools, frameworks, and APIs that streamline common developer tasks and workflows

Improve and optimize local development tooling, including containerized environments and command line interfaces, to reduce setup time and increase stability for GitLab engineers

Investigate and resolve performance and reliability bottlenecks across the software development lifecycle, improving speed and consistency of developer workflows

Develop and promote standards, reusable components, and patterns for service communication, configuration management, and health checks across Go and Ruby on Rails services

Collaborate with product engineers, software engineers in test, and infrastructure teams to understand developer pain points and translate them into robust, self-service tooling

Configure, query, and interpret data from monitoring and logging systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch to guide improvements and validate changes

Use and enhance continuous integration tooling (for example GitLab CI) to support reliable, automated testing and deployment for internal development tools

Document the tools, libraries, and workflows you own, and provide clear guidance and support so GitLab team members can adopt and use them effectively

Qualification

Go (Golang)Continuous integrationSQL/NoSQL data storesMonitoring toolsDockerTest automation frameworksAPIsLearning new technologiesCollaborationDocumentation

Required

Experience as a backend or platform engineer working in large, complex codebases, ideally including monorepos and significant refactoring or migration efforts

Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), with a track record of designing and building internal tooling, frameworks, or APIs used by many developers

Practical experience with developer tooling and workflows, including continuous integration systems, test automation frameworks for backend services, and local development environments

Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL data stores, monitoring and observability tools (such as Prometheus or Grafana), and logging systems

Familiarity with cloud-native concepts and tooling, such as Docker, cloud platforms, and Infrastructure as Code or GitOps practices

Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, translate developer pain points into technical solutions, and document and support the tools you create

Comfortable working in an asynchronous, distributed environment with a 'manager of one' mindset, proactively communicating status, risks, and tradeoffs

Openness to learning new technologies, contributing to open source, and bringing transferable skills from related domains, aligned with GitLab's values and inclusive culture