Staff Backend Engineer (Go), Continuous Delivery

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead technical execution on the CD platform: decompose complex architectural designs into deliverable work
• ▹Solve high-complexity engineering problems and contribute architectural feedback
• ▹Set and maintain the technical bar through code review, mentorship, and example
• ▹Mentor engineers at all levels
• ▹Represent the CD team in cross-functional discussions and contribute to technical proposals
• ▹Participate in on-call rotations to ensure GitLab.com availability targets

Requirements

• ▹Deep professional experience building backend services in Go at high-scale production
• ▹Demonstrated expertise in distributed systems design: durable workflow execution, state persistence, event-driven architectures
• ▹Extensive experience leading release orchestration, deployment automation, or continuous delivery at scale
• ▹Extensive hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production, including blue/green and canary deployments
• ▹Strong familiarity with GitOps workflows and tools
• ▹Experience with policy-based governance in software delivery systems
• ▹Proven ability to translate complex architecture into clear, executable engineering work
• ▹Exceptional written and verbal communication, async and documentation-first

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with AI engineering or building AI-integrated product features
• ▹Ruby on Rails experience

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Flexible Paid Time Off
• ▹Team Member Resource Groups
• ▹Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• ▹Growth and Development Fund
• ▹Parental Leave

About the company

The GitLab CD team is a newly formed group within the Deploy stage, primarily Go engineers with Ruby on Rails and frontend engineers joining as the product matures. GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps.