Responsibilities
Backend Engineers with the Software Delivery:Release bring not only a strong background in backend development but also a solid understanding of, or keen interest in, infrastructure and operations. In this role, you will work alongside Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to enhance release management tooling, infrastructure, and processes. While SREs approach these responsibilities from an operational standpoint, Backend Engineers provide a software development perspective, collaborating closely to deliver efficient and safe solutions for streamlined code delivery across various supported environments. This role is ideal for individuals with a strong coding background who are also comfortable working on infrastructure, automation and operations-related topics or are motivated to develop expertise in these areas.
Guarantee the GitLab Release Process
Create new tools and frameworks to automate the release process
Build new GitLab release features to replace existing custom tooling by contributing to new work for our Release Framework
Work with individual teams on defining and implementing solutions that will help them release quicker
Create frameworks that allow engineers to write code that scales with demand
Help teams instrument their code and helps recognize parts of code that could benefit from increased observability
Work closely with peer Infrastructure Platforms groups to control the impact of application code running in user facing products
Help communicate the release schedule clearly with others
Develop monitoring and alerting to measure release process velocity
Identify process bottlenecks and introduce optimizations
Participate in Release Manager rotation
Take part in on-call or operational support where your team’s ownership model requires it
Requirements
As an ideal candidate, you will have
Strong coding background. Mandatory Ruby or Go (willing to learn Ruby is a must). Proficiency with Ruby is a strong plus. Ruby on Rails knowledge is not mandatory
Experience working on large-scale systems
Experience optimizing Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment pipelines as well as the tooling and processes that go with them
Interest in cloud platforms, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code tools
Application and systems observability background
Collaboration mindset, boundless curiosity and a demonstrable ability to learn
A product development mindset when developing new components
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
Performance indicators
The Delivery team has the following performance indicators
Mean Time to Production
How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees
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
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
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