EMEA Backend Engineer — AI‑Driven, Remote

Jackalope Digital LLC; Poland; Remote; PLN 248,000 - 372,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is hiring an Intermediate Backend Engineer to transform features from idea to shipping code. You will collaborate with Product, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Security to deliver secure, observable backend services.

This is a remote, asynchronous role with strong emphasis on AI integration and high-quality engineering judgment. Expect to work with Ruby/Rails or Go, build production-ready APIs, and participate in on-call when needed.

Qualifications

• Production backend experience across APIs and data stores.
• Experience with Ruby/Rails or Go.
• Strong security, reliability, and performance focus.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship backend features with minimal guidance; work with Ruby/Rails, Go, or other modern languages.
• Build for production: APIs, background jobs, data models, migrations, and performance considerations.
• Test and review to improve automated coverage and ensure security and reliability.
• Operate what you build: investigate failures and participate in on-call when needed.
• Leverage AI to assist daily work, with careful validation of outputs.

Skills

Backend Fundamentals

Ruby/Rails Go

Feature Ownership

Practical Judgment

Clear Communication

AI Fluency

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud Deployment

PostgreSQL

Job description

GitLab is hiring an Intermediate Backend Engineer to transform features from idea to shipping code. You will collaborate with Product, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Security to deliver secure, observable backend services.

This is a remote, asynchronous role with strong emphasis on AI integration and high-quality engineering judgment. Expect to work with Ruby/Rails or Go, build production-ready APIs, and participate in on-call when needed.