Senior Backend Engineer - AI Coding (Remote UK)

Software Careers; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for AI Engineering: AI Coding, working remotely from the United Kingdom. You will design and build the trigger system that connects GitLab events to AI workflows, and contribute to the high-availability platform.

You'll collaborate across product, design, and other AI teams, bringing deep Ruby on Rails expertise and experience with large language models integration. This role emphasizes async communication in a distributed, remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Ruby on Rails in production environments.
• Experience integrating large language models into user-facing tools.
• Strong collaboration and written communication in async teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the trigger system that links GitLab events to AI-powered workflows.
• Maintain high availability and throughput for the Rails-based platform.
• Collaborate with product, design, and AI teams to evolve the platform.

Skills

Ruby

Rails

Large language models

Python

API design

Distributed systems

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Slack

Job description

GitLab is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for AI Engineering: AI Coding, working remotely from the United Kingdom. You will design and build the trigger system that connects GitLab events to AI workflows, and contribute to the high-availability platform.

You'll collaborate across product, design, and other AI teams, bringing deep Ruby on Rails expertise and experience with large language models integration. This role emphasizes async communication in a distributed, remote-first environment.