Intermediate Backend Engineer (Ruby), Verify:Pipeline AuthoringNew

GitLab; England; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company is seeking a Backend Engineer to enhance its CI/CD tools. The role involves improving the Catalog and Component functionalities while ensuring high performance, scalability, and security. Candidates should be proficient in Ruby/Rails and possess strong communication skills. This is a remote position available to applicants from various locations, including the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

• Proven experience writing testable code in Ruby on Rails.
• Ability to self-manage in a collaborative work environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to communicate technical solutions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Maturing the Catalog and Component functionality.
• Improve performance, scalability, and security of Pipeline Creation.
• Ensure usability and user experience in product areas.

Skills

Proficiency with Ruby and Ruby on Rails

Writing testable code

Experience with PostgreSQL

Experience with GraphQL

Self-management in collaborative environment

Clear communication skills

Familiarity with Agile methodologies

Teamwork ability

Commitment to continuous learning

Job description

Overview

Remote, Canada; Remote, EMEA; 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.

An overview of this role

The Pipeline Authoring group develops tools for creating and managing your pipelines. We balance maintaining core functionality of the product with developing newer areas. Our key areas of focus are CI/CD components and the CI/CD Catalog, which allows users to discover, reuse, and contribute CI/CD components to make software development more efficient and productive.

As a Backend Engineer, you will work on maturing our Catalog and Component functionality and reliability, improve and maintain performance, scalability and security of Pipeline Creation, and always consider usability and user experience in these key areas of the product. Your contributions and collaboration with your fellow team members will ensure that GitLab CI/CD remains a best in class solution.

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

• CI/CD Catalog - UX improvements
• Learn more on the Pipeline Authoring direction pages

What you’ll bring

• Proficiency with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
• Proven experience writing testable code in Ruby on Rails
• Experience with Relational Database Management Systems (PostgreSQL is a plus)
• Experience with GraphQL is a plus
• An ability to self manage and organize in an asynchronous and collaborative work environment
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
• Familiarity with various stages of software development end-to-end (Agile methodologies is a plus)
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team including product managers, designers, and other engineers
• A commitment to continuous learning and openness to giving and receiving feedback as a part of fostering individual and team development

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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