Remote Knowledge Graph Backend Engineer (Rust)

GitLab Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Paid Time Off

Equity Compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth and Development Fund

Job summary

GitLab Orbit is a data engineering team focused on building a Knowledge Graph service that powers GitLab Duo, analytics, and architecture-level features. The role emphasizes Rust-first development, reliability, and end-to-end ownership across GitLab.com, Dedicated, and Self-Managed deployments.

You will collaborate with AI counterparts to ship features safely while maintaining high code quality and clear documentation across time zones in an all-remote environment.

Qualifications

• Production backend experience with reliable, maintainable services.
• Experience with Rust or evidence of ramping quickly in a Rust-first codebase.
• Exposure to distributed data or analytics systems (OLAP, messaging, CDC).
• Interest in graph data modeling and graph query patterns.

Responsibilities

• Implement and iterate on backend features in Rust within Knowledge Graph service.
• Maintain integrations with GitLab Rails and data platforms (Siphon, NATS, ClickHouse).
• Contribute to design discussions focusing on reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

Skills

Rust

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

AI tooling

Code reviews

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka / NATS

Rails integration

Go

TypeScript / Vue

Job description

GitLab Orbit is a data engineering team focused on building a Knowledge Graph service that powers GitLab Duo, analytics, and architecture-level features. The role emphasizes Rust-first development, reliability, and end-to-end ownership across GitLab.com, Dedicated, and Self-Managed deployments.

You will collaborate with AI counterparts to ship features safely while maintaining high code quality and clear documentation across time zones in an all-remote environment.