Backend Engineer (EMEA) — AI-Powered, Remote-First

GitLab; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Paid Time Off

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock-P

Employee Development Fund

Parental Leave

Team Member Resource Groups

Job summary

GitLab is seeking an Intermediate Backend Engineer to take backend features from concept to production. You will collaborate with Product Management, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Security to deliver secure, scalable backend services in a remote, asynchronous environment.

You’ll ship robust APIs, data models, and jobs, while growing your engineering judgment and embracing AI as a productive tool. This role values independence and strong written communication.

Qualifications

• Professional experience building and shipping production backend applications with strong API, database, testing, debugging, and performance fundamentals.
• Experience with Ruby/Rails, Go, or any other modern backend language; ability to learn new tech quickly.
• Ability to take a feature from clarification through delivery and follow-up with independence and timely input when needed.
• Strong written communication and collaboration in a remote, asynchronous environment.
• Practical experience with AI coding tools and ability to review and correct AI-generated code.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship backend features from design to production with minimal guidance using Ruby/Rails, Go, or other modern languages.
• Build for production: APIs, background jobs, data models, migrations, and observable, secure code.
• Improve automated coverage (unit, integration, contract, end-to-end) and review others’ work for quality and security.
• Operate what you build: diagnose failures, manage debt, and participate in on-call duties as needed.
• Use AI productively, validate outputs, and understand its limitations in daily engineering work.

Skills

Backend fundamentals

Adaptability

Feature ownership

Practical judgment

Clear communication

AI fluency

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Helm

Job description

GitLab is seeking an Intermediate Backend Engineer to take backend features from concept to production. You will collaborate with Product Management, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Security to deliver secure, scalable backend services in a remote, asynchronous environment.

You’ll ship robust APIs, data models, and jobs, while growing your engineering judgment and embracing AI as a productive tool. This role values independence and strong written communication.