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Senior Backend Engineer, Development Health
BackendRemote — Bangalore, India
Published on 2026-11-04
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About this role
Own and improve backend systems and tooling that help GitLab’s engineering organization detect and resolve workflow issues. The role focuses on CI/CD health, test reliability, and engineering analytics, using GitLab as a customer-zero environment.
About the company
GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that brings source control, CI/CD, security, and project management into a single application. It helps engineering teams plan, build, secure, and ship software faster.
The team
Development Health, part of Developer Experience.
Stack
RubyRailsGitLab
What you'll do
- Own Development Health systems from design through production.
- Improve automation reliability, maintainability, and test coverage; document and simplify legacy systems.
- Partner with engineering managers and product teams to address workflow pain points with measurable improvements.
- Use data to evaluate changes and prioritize work.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and pairing.
- Monitor production systems, troubleshoot incidents, and contribute to root cause analysis.
- Use AI agents and assistants to analyze issues and inform the product roadmap.
What we're looking for
- Substantial backend or tooling engineering experience owning production systems end to end.
- Strong Ruby proficiency or ability to become productive quickly.
- Experience safely maintaining or modernizing legacy codebases.
- Comfort with CI/CD systems, APIs, and automation at scale.
- Independent problem-solving and clear, concise written communication.
- Experience writing automated unit and integration tests and participating in code review.
- Experience using AI coding assistants and critically reviewing their output.
Nice to have
- Experience with Rails, developer productivity, engineering analytics, or internal tooling.
- Familiarity with GitLab and its open-source contribution workflow.
- Experience with data pipelines, metrics reporting, or production agent-based workflows.
Benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Equity compensation and employee stock purchase plan
- Growth and development fund
- Parental leave
- Team member resource groups