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Backend Engineer, Database Excellence (Ruby)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$98K/yr - $210K/yr

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. As an Intermediate Backend Engineer in the Database Excellence group, you'll develop and enhance the frameworks, patterns, and tooling that keep GitLab's application datastores scalable, healthy, and safe across GitLab.com and thousands of self-managed instances.

Cloud SecurityDeveloper ToolsDevOpsOpen SourceSaaS

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Develop and iterate backend features and data frameworks that make it safe and efficient to work with data at scale across GitLab.com and self-managed deployments

Collaborate with product management, UX, frontend, infrastructure, software delivery, and analytics teams to design and ship high-performing, reliable solutions

Review and improve database-related changes from other engineers and external contributors to ensure data integrity, safety, and performance across diverse environments

Design, build, and maintain tooling such as SQL traffic replay and background operations frameworks to proactively detect and address scalability and performance issues

Research, design, and implement improvements to database performance, scalability, and data health, including areas like soft delete strategies and database migration testing

Document database best practices, anti-patterns, and data architecture guidance so developers can make informed, consistent decisions

Create proactive tooling and guardrails that help developers detect and remediate potential performance and data issues early in the development lifecycle

Qualification

PostgreSQLRuby on RailsSoftware designPerformance tuningTroubleshootingLearning new toolsWritten communicationOrganizational skills

Required

Professional software engineering experience working with PostgreSQL in large, complex production environments, including performance tuning and troubleshooting

Proficiency with Ruby on Rails or another Ruby framework, with experience designing, implementing, and reviewing backend features and services

Ability to reason about software design, algorithms, and performance trade-offs at a system level, especially in data-intensive applications

Strong written communication skills and comfort working asynchronously in an all-remote, distributed team

Self-directed work style with effective organizational skills and the ability to manage priorities as a 'manager of one.'

Alignment with GitLab's values, including transparency, collaboration, inclusion, and contribution to open source practices

Openness to learning and applying new tools and approaches, including transferable experience from related data, infrastructure, or developer tooling domains

Benefits

Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

Flexible Paid Time Off

Team Member Resource Groups

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth and Development Fund

Parental leave

Home office support

Company

GitLab

Glassdoor4.0

GitLab is a web-based Git repository manager that offers a variety of features for software development teams.

Founded in 2014

San Francisco, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://about.gitlab.com

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$413.5M

Key Investors

ICONIQ GrowthGoogle VenturesAugust Capital

2021-10-14IPO

2019-09-17Series E· $268M

2018-09-19Series D· $100M

Leadership Team

Bill Staples

Chief Executive Officer

Sytse Sijbrandij

Co-founder and Executive Chair

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