Software Engineer, Delivery : Release

Higlobe, Inc.; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 11,439,000 - 17,159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits for health, finances, andwell

Flexible Paid Time Off

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock-P

Growth and Development Fund

Parental Leave

Team Member Resource Groups

Job summary

GitLab is seeking Backend Engineers for the Software Delivery section to enhance release tooling and infrastructure across multiple environments, including SaaS multi-tenant and self-managed setups. You will work with Site Reliability Engineers to improve delivery velocity and reliability.

The role emphasizes coding excellence, collaboration, and a product mindset, with opportunities to contribute to release framework innovations and observability enhancements across GitLab’s platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong coding background with Ruby or Go (willing to learn Ruby).
• Experience with large-scale systems.
• Experience optimizing CD/CI pipelines and tooling.
• Interest in cloud platforms, containers, and Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Observability background.

Responsibilities

• Guarantee the GitLab Release Process
• Create new tools and frameworks to automate the release process
• Build new GitLab release features to replace existing tooling
• Collaborate with teams to release quicker
• Create frameworks that scale with demand
• Help teams instrument code for observability
• Collaborate with Infrastructure Platforms groups to manage impact
• Communicate release schedule clearly
• Develop monitoring and alerting for release velocity
• Identify bottlenecks and optimize
• Participate in Release Manager rotation

Skills

Strong coding background

Ruby or Go programming

Experience with large-scale systems

CD/CI pipeline optimization

Cloud platforms & containers

Observability background

Collaborative mindset

Product development mindset

Tools

Ruby

Go

IaC tools

Observability tools

Job description

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

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 valuesand continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems.

*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

The Software Delivery Section, part of the Infrastructure Platforms Department, is dedicated to enhancing the safety, reliability, and overall customer experience of GitLab’s complete software delivery process. We aim to provide seamless and efficient delivery of GitLab products across all platforms, including SaaS multi-tenant, self-managed, and SaaS single-tenant environments. Our primary goals are to accelerate delivery cycles, minimize incidents, and ensure high-quality releases that consistently meet and exceed customer expectations. By focusing on these objectives, we aim to improve GitLab’s end-to-end software delivery process, making it more reliable, efficient, and aligned with the needs of our users.

Responsibilities

Backend Engineers with the Software Delivery:Release bring not only a strong background in backend development but also a solid understanding of, or keen interest in, infrastructure and operations. In this role, you will work alongside Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to enhance release management tooling, infrastructure, and processes. While SREs approach these responsibilities from an operational standpoint, Backend Engineers provide a software development perspective, collaborating closely to deliver efficient and safe solutions for streamlined code delivery across various supported environments. This role is ideal for individuals with a strong coding background who are also comfortable working on infrastructure, automation and operations-related topics or are motivated to develop expertise in these areas.

• Guarantee the GitLab Release Process
• Create new tools and frameworks to automate the release process
• Build new GitLab release features to replace existing custom tooling by contributing to new work for our Release Framework
• Work with individual teams on defining and implementing solutions that will help them release quicker
• Create frameworks that allow engineers to write code that scales with demand
• Help teams instrument their code and helps recognize parts of code that could benefit from increased observability
• Work closely with peer Infrastructure Platforms groups to control the impact of application code running in user facing products
• Help communicate the release schedule clearly with others
• Develop monitoring and alerting to measure release process velocity
• Identify process bottlenecks and introduce optimizations
• Participate in Release Manager rotation

Requirements

As an ideal candidate, you will have

• Strong coding background. Mandatory Ruby or Go (willing to learn Ruby is a must). Proficiency with Ruby is a strong plus. Ruby on Rails knowledge is not mandatory
• Experience working on large-scale systems
• Experience optimizing Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment pipelines as well as the tooling and processes that go with them
• Interest in cloud platforms, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code tools
• Application and systems observability background
• Collaboration mindset, boundless curiosity and a demonstrable ability to learn
• A product development mindset when developing new components

You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.

Performance indicators

The Delivery team has the following performance indicators:

• Mean Time to Production

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

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.

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