Who you are

• Professional experience with Ruby on Rails
• Experience in PostgreSQL database design and optimization
• Experience in REST API and GraphQL development
• Experience working with a platform or complex application (Large scale is a bonus)
• Familiarity with distributed, scalable and reliable systems
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
• Strong communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
• Experience working in a highly agile, iterative software development process
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch and NoSQL database technologies
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD workflows
• Computer science education or equivalent experience
• Open source contributions

What the job involves

• We are looking for an Intermediate Backend Engineer to join our Plan:Project Management team, part of the broader Plan Stage
• In this role, you'll work on diverse challenges—from feature development to scalability and performance optimization
• You'll collaborate closely with frontend and backend engineers, UX designers, and product managers distributed across multiple time zones around the globe
• You'll help shape the future of the GitLab Agile Planning offering and how thousands of users manage projects to enable their teams to plan and execute work effectively
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design counterparts to finalize the requirements and break down projects into smaller iterations
• Collaborate with other engineers to plan and execute the work
• Collaborate with engineers across Plan Stage on larger projects
• Create Proof of Concepts for more complex work. Ensure quality by writing extensive tests, and roll out changes
• Iterate and ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members
• Craft code that meets our standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment
• Support other engineers and advocate for quality during code-reviews
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team (“technical debt”), propose and implement solutions as part of our Engineering Backlog Rotation
• Nurture our open-source community by selecting and preparing issues for contributors, helping to organize hackathons, and reviewing contributions
• Suggest and execute process improvements in monthly retrospectives

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