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Staff Backend Engineer
GitLab
posted 1d ago
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Job Description
- Drive technical excellence by defining and implementing backend architectural solutions that solve complex compliance challenges at scale
- Lead the technical direction of the Compliance groups backend systems and play a pivotal role in shaping GitLabs Compliance offering through strategic technical decisions
- Design and implement robust, scalable APIs and data models that support compliance features
- Identify and proactively address technical debt while implementing solutions that improve backend performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Represent GitLab in public communications about compliance initiatives and interact with enterprise customers as a technical spokesperson
- Mentor backend engineers across the team to help them grow technically and remove impediments to their autonomy
- Define and maintain internal standards for backend code quality, security, and performance that impact both the Compliance group and adjacent teams
- Solve complex backend technical problems involving data processing, system integration, and scalability
- Drive innovation in our backend systems by experimenting with new approaches to complex compliance challenges
- Provide technical leadership in planning sessions and architectural discussions to ensure backend scalability, performance, and maintainability
What You ll Bring
- Extensive experience architecting and maintaining large-scale Ruby on Rails applications, with deep expertise in backend systems and advanced testing strategies with RSpec
- Strong technical leadership in API design and implementation, with particular expertise in GraphQL API architecture and backend performance optimization
- Expert-level understanding of database design and optimization, particularly with PostgreSQL, including experience with performance tuning, scaling, and complex query optimization
- Deep expertise in backend security principles and experience implementing compliance-focused security measures in enterprise applications
- Experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures and background processing systems
- Advanced knowledge of caching strategies, query optimization, and backend performance tuning
- Proven ability to influence technical decisions across teams and communicate complex architectural solutions to various stakeholders
- Track record of mentoring backend engineers and driving adoption of best practices across engineering teams
- Experience leading technical initiatives that span multiple backend systems or services
- Strong understanding of compliance requirements in enterprise software developmen
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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