Staff Backend Engineer — Performance Enablement (Remote)

Devconnectplatform; Poland; Remote; PLN 328,000 - 492,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer in Performance Enablement to define and own the self-serve platform for performance testing and analysis. You’ll influence multi-quarter roadmaps, ship large capabilities, and mentor teams across R&D while advancing AI-first development practices.

The role is remote with Poland-based base salary range zł 328,000 - zł 492,000, reflecting EU residency guidelines and the diverse GitLab team culture.

Responsibilities

• Define the team's technical vision and multi-quarter roadmap with the Engineering Manager.
• Design and build reusable platform capabilities for performance testing, analysis, reporting, and trend visibility.
• Mentor engineers in performance engineering and platform design.
• Lead AI-first development practices and agent-assisted workflows.

Skills

Staff-level backend

Platform engineering

Performance engineering

Tools

k6

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Job description

GitLab is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer in Performance Enablement to define and own the self-serve platform for performance testing and analysis. You’ll influence multi-quarter roadmaps, ship large capabilities, and mentor teams across R&D while advancing AI-first development practices.

The role is remote with Poland-based base salary range zł 328,000 - zł 492,000, reflecting EU residency guidelines and the diverse GitLab team culture.