Software Engineer, Delivery : Release

Carrerlift; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Equity compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth & Development Fund

Team Member Resource Groups

Health & well-being benefits

Job summary

GitLab is seeking Backend Engineers for the Software Delivery team in Bengaluru to improve release tooling, infrastructure, and code delivery across environments. You will collaborate with SREs and fellow engineers to build scalable solutions with a focus on reliability and observability.

The ideal candidate has strong Ruby or Go skills, experience with large-scale systems, and a product-minded approach to delivering robust release frameworks. Teamwork and willingness to learn are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong coding background with Ruby or Go; Ruby proficiency is a plus
• Experience with large-scale systems
• Experience optimizing CD/CI pipelines and related tooling
• Interest in cloud platforms, containers, and IaC tools
• Observability background and a collaborative, curious approach

Responsibilities

• Guarantee the GitLab Release Process
• Create new tools and frameworks to automate the release process
• Develop release features to replace existing tooling via the Release Framework
• Collaborate with teams to define and implement faster release solutions
• Build frameworks to scale code delivery under demand
• Improve observability and monitoring of release processes
• Coordinate with Infrastructure Platforms groups to limit impact of code in user-facing products
• Communicate release schedules clearly
• Develop monitoring and alerting for release velocity
• Identify bottlenecks and optimize processes
• Participate in Release Manager rotation

Skills

Ruby

Go

Large-scale systems

CD/CI pipelines

Observability

Collaboration

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 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.*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

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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