Intermediate Backend Engineer (Golang), Monitor: Platform Insights
GitLab
Intermediate Backend Engineer (Golang), Monitor: Platform Insights
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as an Intermediate Backend Engineer on the Monitor: Platform Insights team to build a unified data event platform revolutionizing software development.
Empower teams worldwide by creating high-scale Golang services that deliver actionable insights into workflows and performance.
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 challenges scaling event ingestion and optimizing analytical queries with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse.
Collaborate asynchronously with cross-functional teams to ship secure, performant backend features that enhance customer experiences.
Take ownership of key components in a data-rich platform that breaks down barriers and accelerates human progress.
Embrace AI as a productivity multiplier in your daily work, driving innovation in every line of code you write.
Shape the future of monitoring and insights, helping GitLab customers optimize their DevSecOps pipelines effortlessly.
Thrive in a high-performance culture where values guide continuous knowledge exchange and career acceleration.
Be part of a small, impactful team redefining dashboard experiences and fostering collaboration across product areas.
Locations
- APAC (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
- Golangintermediate
- PostgreSQLintermediate
- ClickHouseintermediate
- Data pipelinesintermediate
- Event stream processingintermediate
- Backend service developmentintermediate
- Database optimizationintermediate
- API designintermediate
- Unit and integration testingintermediate
- Performance tuningintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional software development experience (experience)
- Strong proficiency in Golang backend development (experience)
- Experience building scalable services handling high-volume data streams (experience)
- Solid knowledge of database design and optimization with PostgreSQL (experience)
- Familiarity with columnar databases like ClickHouse for analytics (experience)
- Understanding of data pipelines and event processing systems (experience)
- Clear and effective communication skills in written and spoken English (experience)
- Collaborative mindset suited for asynchronous, distributed teams (experience)
- Ability to write secure, well-tested, and performant code (experience)
- Experience contributing to open-source or large-scale projects (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud platforms like GCP or AWS (experience)
- Knowledge of Kubernetes or container orchestration (experience)
- Background in data engineering or analytics platforms (experience)
- Familiarity with GitLab's DevSecOps ecosystem (experience)
- Exposure to AI integration in development workflows (experience)
- Skills in designing dashboards and health metrics (experience)
- Previous work on monitoring or observability tools (experience)
- Understanding of SDLC event aggregation (experience)
- Contributions to high-scale backend services (experience)
- Experience with cross-team integrations in product development (experience)
Responsibilities
- Develop Golang backend components processing high-scale event streams
- Design and implement efficient database interactions with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse
- Build scalable data pipelines aggregating events from GitLab stages
- Optimize performance for complex analytical queries and dashboards
- Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and engineering teams on features
- Ship secure, well-tested backend services for platform insights
- Improve quality, security, and performance of event platform components
- Integrate monitoring capabilities for other GitLab product teams
- Document decisions transparently for smooth asynchronous collaboration
- Take ownership of backend services powering health metrics and insights
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive health, financial, and well-being benefits
- 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 equipment and support
- general: All-remote work environment with global team collaboration
- general: Continuous learning through knowledge exchange
- general: Opportunities to work with industry-leading AI-powered tools
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Intermediate Backend Engineer (Golang), Monitor: Platform Insights
GitLab
Intermediate Backend Engineer (Golang), Monitor: Platform Insights
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as an Intermediate Backend Engineer on the Monitor: Platform Insights team to build a unified data event platform revolutionizing software development.
Empower teams worldwide by creating high-scale Golang services that deliver actionable insights into workflows and performance.
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 challenges scaling event ingestion and optimizing analytical queries with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse.
Collaborate asynchronously with cross-functional teams to ship secure, performant backend features that enhance customer experiences.
Take ownership of key components in a data-rich platform that breaks down barriers and accelerates human progress.
Embrace AI as a productivity multiplier in your daily work, driving innovation in every line of code you write.
Shape the future of monitoring and insights, helping GitLab customers optimize their DevSecOps pipelines effortlessly.
Thrive in a high-performance culture where values guide continuous knowledge exchange and career acceleration.
Be part of a small, impactful team redefining dashboard experiences and fostering collaboration across product areas.
Locations
- APAC (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
- Golangintermediate
- PostgreSQLintermediate
- ClickHouseintermediate
- Data pipelinesintermediate
- Event stream processingintermediate
- Backend service developmentintermediate
- Database optimizationintermediate
- API designintermediate
- Unit and integration testingintermediate
- Performance tuningintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional software development experience (experience)
- Strong proficiency in Golang backend development (experience)
- Experience building scalable services handling high-volume data streams (experience)
- Solid knowledge of database design and optimization with PostgreSQL (experience)
- Familiarity with columnar databases like ClickHouse for analytics (experience)
- Understanding of data pipelines and event processing systems (experience)
- Clear and effective communication skills in written and spoken English (experience)
- Collaborative mindset suited for asynchronous, distributed teams (experience)
- Ability to write secure, well-tested, and performant code (experience)
- Experience contributing to open-source or large-scale projects (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud platforms like GCP or AWS (experience)
- Knowledge of Kubernetes or container orchestration (experience)
- Background in data engineering or analytics platforms (experience)
- Familiarity with GitLab's DevSecOps ecosystem (experience)
- Exposure to AI integration in development workflows (experience)
- Skills in designing dashboards and health metrics (experience)
- Previous work on monitoring or observability tools (experience)
- Understanding of SDLC event aggregation (experience)
- Contributions to high-scale backend services (experience)
- Experience with cross-team integrations in product development (experience)
Responsibilities
- Develop Golang backend components processing high-scale event streams
- Design and implement efficient database interactions with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse
- Build scalable data pipelines aggregating events from GitLab stages
- Optimize performance for complex analytical queries and dashboards
- Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and engineering teams on features
- Ship secure, well-tested backend services for platform insights
- Improve quality, security, and performance of event platform components
- Integrate monitoring capabilities for other GitLab product teams
- Document decisions transparently for smooth asynchronous collaboration
- Take ownership of backend services powering health metrics and insights
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive health, financial, and well-being benefits
- 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 equipment and support
- general: All-remote work environment with global team collaboration
- general: Continuous learning through knowledge exchange
- general: Opportunities to work with industry-leading AI-powered tools
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