GitLab - Staff Backend Engineer (AI), Verify

• Advanced proficiency with Ruby and Ruby on Rails, with experience building and maintaining reliable backend services in a large codebase. • Strong PostgreSQL skills, including data modeling, query tuning, and scaling large tables through proactive performance investigation and remediation. • Hands-on experience building, running, and debugging high-traffic production systems, ideally in CI, workflow orchestration, or adjacent infrastructure-heavy domains. • Practical experience designing and shipping AI-powered backend features and integrations, including sound judgment about large language model limitations and responsible use in production. • A data-driven approach to engineering: defining hypotheses, establishing baseline metrics, instrumenting changes, and measuring outcomes against clear success criteria. • Familiarity with observability patterns and tools (metrics, logging, tracing) to diagnose issues, improve reliability, and guide iteration. • Strong backend architecture and delivery practices, including secure design, well-tested code, and strategies for safe rollouts and zero-downtime changes. • Clear written and verbal communication skills, including writing technical proposals and documentation, and collaborating effectively in a remote, asynchronous, cross-functional environment. • The Verify stage focuses on collaboration, iteration, and helping GitLab users run fast, reliable, and scalable Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines for projects of all sizes, from small teams to large enterprises. For more on how we work, see Team Handbook Page and Related Initiative. • How GitLab will support you • 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 • 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. • Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process. • Country Hiring Guidelines: