Backend Engineer — AI-Powered, Remote-First

GitLab Inc.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab Inc. is seeking an Intermediate Backend Engineer to take backend features from clarification through shipping and monitoring in production.

You will collaborate with Product, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Security to ensure secure, performant services, with code running in a remote, asynchronous environment alongside experienced engineers. The role emphasizes feature ownership, review of design and code, and proactive use of AI tools while maintaining strong coding discipline and

Qualifications

• Production backend experience with API, database, testing, and performance.
• Experience with Ruby/Rails or Go; ability to learn new languages.
• Ability to own a feature from clarification to delivery.
• Strong written communication in remote async environments.
• AI tooling experience in coding workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship backend features with minimal guidance.
• Design, implement, test, and maintain APIs and services.
• Improve automated coverage and review code for quality.
• Investigate failures and participate in on-call.
• Use AI productively and validate its output.

Skills

Backend fundamentals

Adaptability

Feature ownership

Practical judgment

Clear communication

AI fluency

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Go

PostgreSQL

Rust

gRPC

Job description

GitLab Inc. is seeking an Intermediate Backend Engineer to take backend features from clarification through shipping and monitoring in production.

You will collaborate with Product, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Security to ensure secure, performant services, with code running in a remote, asynchronous environment alongside experienced engineers. The role emphasizes feature ownership, review of design and code, and proactive use of AI tools while maintaining strong coding discipline and