Staff Backend Engineer (Ruby) — AI-Driven Platform Architect

GitLab; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the DAP Repository Flows team. You will set the technical direction, drive architecture decisions, and build autonomous and scheduled agents on top of the Duo Agent Platform to improve onboarding and codebase automation.

You will collaborate with cross-team stakeholders, mentor senior engineers, and raise the engineering bar for agentic experiences. This role focuses on delivering scalable, AI-powered automation within GitLab’s platform.

Qualifications

• Lead the technical direction for the DAP Repository Flows team and make architecture decisions that shape onboarding and repository/background flows.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive the technical direction for the DAP Repository Flows team.
• Lead the design and delivery of autonomous and scheduled agents.
• Refine the DAP onboarding experience for rapid project productivity.
• Collaborate with teams across the DAP organization on interfaces and platform capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and elevate technical quality across the team.
• Solve hard technical problems and promote sound design to prevent issues.
• Foster a culture of autonomy, ownership, and async-first collaboration.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural decisions

Distributed systems

AI integration

Job description

GitLab is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the DAP Repository Flows team. You will set the technical direction, drive architecture decisions, and build autonomous and scheduled agents on top of the Duo Agent Platform to improve onboarding and codebase automation.

You will collaborate with cross-team stakeholders, mentor senior engineers, and raise the engineering bar for agentic experiences. This role focuses on delivering scalable, AI-powered automation within GitLab’s platform.