Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Verify: CI Functions Platform
GitLab
Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Verify: CI Functions Platform
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as an Intermediate Backend Engineer on the Verify: CI Functions Platform team, re-architecting GitLab Runner for massive-scale CI/CD operations.
Empower the world's software development by building the foundational platform for CI Functions, formerly CI/CD Steps.
Collaborate with top engineers to design secure, high-performance Go services that handle demanding CI/CD workflows.
Contribute to GitLab's mission of enabling everyone to co-create the software powering our world through an AI-powered DevSecOps Platform.
Dive into exciting technical initiatives, growing your impact while learning from customer feedback on CI Functions.
Work in a high-performance culture where AI boosts productivity, innovation thrives, and every voice drives progress.
Break down barriers in software development by scaling CI execution across diverse infrastructures with cutting-edge architecture.
Take end-to-end ownership of features, from design to deployment, in a team that values continuous knowledge exchange.
Accelerate your career collaborating with industry leaders solving complex problems in large-scale CI/CD platforms.
Be part of redefining DevSecOps with products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, fueling human progress.
Locations
- Canada, Remote, Netherlands, Remote, United Kingdom (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
85,000 - 140,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Go programming languageintermediate
- Backend service developmentintermediate
- Distributed systems designintermediate
- Docker containerizationintermediate
- Kubernetes orchestrationintermediate
- Performance profiling and optimizationintermediate
- Cloud-native infrastructureintermediate
- Site reliability engineeringintermediate
- CI/CD pipelinesintermediate
- Code review and collaboration toolsintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Proficiency in developing backend services in Go with production best practices. (experience)
- Experience designing scalable, distributed systems for CI/CD and workflow orchestration. (experience)
- Skills building highly available, resilient systems with high-throughput CI pipelines. (experience)
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for CI workloads. (experience)
- Ability to analyze, profile, and optimize performance in distributed systems. (experience)
- Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and site reliability concepts. (experience)
- Strong collaboration skills with engineers, code reviews, and cross-functional partners. (experience)
- Experience contributing to open-source or professional backend projects in Go. (experience)
- Understanding of operating SaaS platforms for large-scale CI operations. (experience)
- Ability to communicate technical perspectives clearly in team discussions. (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD or similar workflow orchestration tools. (experience)
- Background in infrastructure-as-code for cloud providers. (experience)
- Knowledge of monitoring and observability in distributed systems. (experience)
- Prior work on CI Runner implementations or job orchestration. (experience)
- Familiarity with AI integration in development workflows. (experience)
- Contributions to high-scale, secure backend services. (experience)
- Experience with proof-of-concept development for architecture proposals. (experience)
- Skills in troubleshooting customer issues in production environments. (experience)
- Exposure to on-premises, cloud, and Kubernetes CI deployments. (experience)
- Participation in architectural design reviews for scaling platforms. (experience)
Responsibilities
- Design and develop secure, well-tested features for CI Functions Platform and GitLab Runner in Go.
- Partner with Product Manager and senior engineers to assess feature feasibility.
- Implement proof-of-concept solutions and contribute to technical proposals.
- Break down large-scale CI/CD initiatives into iterative, testable increments.
- Own features end-to-end from design through deployment and refinement.
- Participate in architectural reviews for scaling CI Functions execution.
- Collaborate via code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing with team.
- Diagnose and resolve customer issues with cross-functional partners.
- Optimize performance and architecture for high-scale operations.
- Incorporate customer feedback from bugs and feature requests into improvements.
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being.
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy.
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for inclusion and belonging.
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement.
- general: Generous Parental Leave.
- general: Home office support and equipment.
- general: Continuous learning through knowledge exchange.
- general: High-performance culture with career acceleration opportunities.
- general: Collaboration with industry leaders on impactful projects.
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Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Verify: CI Functions Platform
GitLab
Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Verify: CI Functions Platform
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as an Intermediate Backend Engineer on the Verify: CI Functions Platform team, re-architecting GitLab Runner for massive-scale CI/CD operations.
Empower the world's software development by building the foundational platform for CI Functions, formerly CI/CD Steps.
Collaborate with top engineers to design secure, high-performance Go services that handle demanding CI/CD workflows.
Contribute to GitLab's mission of enabling everyone to co-create the software powering our world through an AI-powered DevSecOps Platform.
Dive into exciting technical initiatives, growing your impact while learning from customer feedback on CI Functions.
Work in a high-performance culture where AI boosts productivity, innovation thrives, and every voice drives progress.
Break down barriers in software development by scaling CI execution across diverse infrastructures with cutting-edge architecture.
Take end-to-end ownership of features, from design to deployment, in a team that values continuous knowledge exchange.
Accelerate your career collaborating with industry leaders solving complex problems in large-scale CI/CD platforms.
Be part of redefining DevSecOps with products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, fueling human progress.
Locations
- Canada, Remote, Netherlands, Remote, United Kingdom (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
85,000 - 140,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Go programming languageintermediate
- Backend service developmentintermediate
- Distributed systems designintermediate
- Docker containerizationintermediate
- Kubernetes orchestrationintermediate
- Performance profiling and optimizationintermediate
- Cloud-native infrastructureintermediate
- Site reliability engineeringintermediate
- CI/CD pipelinesintermediate
- Code review and collaboration toolsintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Proficiency in developing backend services in Go with production best practices. (experience)
- Experience designing scalable, distributed systems for CI/CD and workflow orchestration. (experience)
- Skills building highly available, resilient systems with high-throughput CI pipelines. (experience)
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for CI workloads. (experience)
- Ability to analyze, profile, and optimize performance in distributed systems. (experience)
- Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and site reliability concepts. (experience)
- Strong collaboration skills with engineers, code reviews, and cross-functional partners. (experience)
- Experience contributing to open-source or professional backend projects in Go. (experience)
- Understanding of operating SaaS platforms for large-scale CI operations. (experience)
- Ability to communicate technical perspectives clearly in team discussions. (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD or similar workflow orchestration tools. (experience)
- Background in infrastructure-as-code for cloud providers. (experience)
- Knowledge of monitoring and observability in distributed systems. (experience)
- Prior work on CI Runner implementations or job orchestration. (experience)
- Familiarity with AI integration in development workflows. (experience)
- Contributions to high-scale, secure backend services. (experience)
- Experience with proof-of-concept development for architecture proposals. (experience)
- Skills in troubleshooting customer issues in production environments. (experience)
- Exposure to on-premises, cloud, and Kubernetes CI deployments. (experience)
- Participation in architectural design reviews for scaling platforms. (experience)
Responsibilities
- Design and develop secure, well-tested features for CI Functions Platform and GitLab Runner in Go.
- Partner with Product Manager and senior engineers to assess feature feasibility.
- Implement proof-of-concept solutions and contribute to technical proposals.
- Break down large-scale CI/CD initiatives into iterative, testable increments.
- Own features end-to-end from design through deployment and refinement.
- Participate in architectural reviews for scaling CI Functions execution.
- Collaborate via code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing with team.
- Diagnose and resolve customer issues with cross-functional partners.
- Optimize performance and architecture for high-scale operations.
- Incorporate customer feedback from bugs and feature requests into improvements.
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being.
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy.
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for inclusion and belonging.
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement.
- general: Generous Parental Leave.
- general: Home office support and equipment.
- general: Continuous learning through knowledge exchange.
- general: High-performance culture with career acceleration opportunities.
- general: Collaboration with industry leaders on impactful projects.
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