Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Verify: CI Functions Platform

GitLab; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software development company is seeking a Backend Engineer for their Verify: CI Functions Platform team. You will be integral in re-architecting GitLab Runner for ultra-scale CI/CD operations. The ideal candidate has robust experience in Go, SaaS scaling, and agile development. This remote role allows you to work with a diverse, global team and contribute to innovative solutions in software development.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical issues.
• Ability to onboard and integrate long-term with the organization.
• Solution-oriented mindset and strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the foundational platform for CI Functions.
• Collaborate on larger projects with the Runner Core team.
• Represent GitLab's values and contribute to public communications.
• Participate in on-call rotations for troubleshooting.

Skills

Professional experience with Go in a large scale environment

Experience in scaling SaaS products

Proficiency in the English language

Performance and optimization problem-solving

Agile software development

Effective communication skills

Self-motivated and self-managing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Remote, Canada; Remote, Netherlands; Remote, United Kingdom

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what’s possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high‑performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co‑create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

As a Backend Engineer in our Verify: CI Functions Platform team, you’ll play a key role on a team whose mission is to re‑architect GitLab Runner to support ultra‑scale CI/CD operations and build the foundational platform for CI Functions (formerly CI/CD Steps). The CI Functions Platform team is part of the Verify: Runner organization and works in parallel with the Verify: Runner Core team to enable GitLab CI/CD to scale to support 100,000+ developers while providing composable, reusable execution components that make CI/CD pipelines easier to maintain and more powerful.

Our Verify: CI Functions Platform team is responsible for the architectural foundation that enables GitLab Runner to execute reusable CI/CD steps at enterprise scale. CI Functions allow customers to compose their CI/CD jobs from reusable, testable components rather than complex scripts, similar to how GitHub Actions and drone.io provide composability. The Step Runner component we build executes these functions across various platforms and ecosystems, whether running on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, or on‑premise installations.

Some of the things we have recently been working on include:

• Integration with GitLab Runner for steps execution
• Contribute to the overall direction of GitLab Runner re‑architecture and CI Functions development
• Focus your efforts on building a scalable foundation for CI Functions execution
• Help architect and build the Step Runner component that executes CI Functions across diverse infrastructure
• Solve technical problems of medium scope and complexity
• Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high‑scale web environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review
• Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions
• Confidently ship moderately sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members
• Collaborate with the team on larger projects and coordinate with the Runner Core team on parallel scaling efforts
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance
• Participate in Tier 2 or Tier 3 weekday, weekend, and/or occasional night on‑call rotations to assist troubleshooting product operations, security operations, and urgent engineering issues

What you’ll bring

• Professional experience with Go in a large scale environment
• Experience in scaling SaaS products
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
• Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process
• Demonstrated ability to onboard and integrate with an organization long‑term
• Positive and solution‑oriented mindset
• Effective communication skills: Regularly achieve consensus with peers and clear status updates
• An inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility
• Self‑motivated and self‑managing, with strong organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values

You’ll stand out if you bring

• Demonstrated experience with any major cloud providers or infrastructure‑as‑code tools
• Demonstrated experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
• Demonstrated experience with site reliability

About the team

The team is made up of experienced Engineers with a passion for solving problems and creating usable solutions; located across different time zones, async communication and manager of one is core to how we continue to deliver value to users. The Verify:Runner team cares deeply about GitLab’s core values and has principles that align with those values. The team regularly interacts with community contributors, customers, and other GitLab teams as we strive to create lovable DevSecOps features.

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.

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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.

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