Remote Backend Engineer - Ruby & GraphQL for Repos

Devconnectplatform; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 86,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab, a remote-first software company, is seeking a Backend Engineer for its Repository Services team. You will work on the Ruby/GraphQL stack powering code repositories, access controls, and verification workflows across GitLab.com and self-managed deployments.

You will contribute to reliable systems, performance tuning, and scalable data models while collaborating with product, security, and Gitaly teams. Strong English communication and ownership are essential in a distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Professional experience building backend web applications, services, or APIs with Ruby and GraphQL.
• Understanding of relational databases, SQL, caching, and backend performance practices.
• Experience with backend unit and integration tests and collaborative code reviews.
• Experience using AI coding agents or interest in building skills in a complex monorepo.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, well-tested, performant features using Ruby and GraphQL.
• Design and maintain backend services, data models, and APIs that control code repositories and access.
• Triage bugs, support requests, and contribute to observability and resiliency.
• Collaborate across teams, review code, and mentor others.

Skills

Ruby

GraphQL

Backend development

Testing

Git

Tools

Git

Job description

GitLab, a remote-first software company, is seeking a Backend Engineer for its Repository Services team. You will work on the Ruby/GraphQL stack powering code repositories, access controls, and verification workflows across GitLab.com and self-managed deployments.

You will contribute to reliable systems, performance tuning, and scalable data models while collaborating with product, security, and Gitaly teams. Strong English communication and ownership are essential in a distributed environment.