Intermediate Backend Engineer (RoR) - Security Risk Management: Platform Management

An overview of this role

We're looking for an Intermediate Backend Engineer to join our next-generation Security Platform Management team and help build enterprise security solutions from the ground up. You'll be architecting critical greenfield projects that close competitive gaps and establish GitLab as the single-stop-shop for enterprise security. Working with a collaborative team of 8 engineers, 1 PM, and 1 UX designer distributed across the US, Israel, and India, you'll have the opportunity to shape how thousands of organizations secure their applications at scale.

Our team is tackling high-profile initiatives including building a new Security Manager role system, creating assets inventory capabilities with security posture sharing, implementing logical asset gathering with statistics, and developing a unified configuration mechanism for all GitLab security tools. These are complex, impactful projects that will define the future of enterprise security posture management.

You can read all about our security solutions here - GitLab Security Solutions.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop next-generation Security Platform Management capabilities

• Build scalable backend systems for enterprise-scale security data

• Create robust APIs that power GitLab's expanding security offering

• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Policies, and Security Insights teams on cross-functional initiatives

• Implement unified configuration mechanisms for GitLab's comprehensive security tool suite

• Work in feature-specific squads to minimize context switching and maximize impact

• Contribute to technical decisions that shape GitLab's security platform architecture

What You'll Bring

• Strong experience with Ruby on Rails

• Experience in PostgreSQL database design and optimization

• Experience in REST API and GraphQL development

• Experience with Git and GitLab CI/CD workflows

• Knowledge of Elasticsearch and NoSQL database technologies

• Experience delivering high-quality software in collaborative team environments

• Ability to work autonomously while contributing to team success

• Passion for building secure, scalable enterprise solutions

About the team

Our Security Platform Management team is at the forefront of GitLab's security innovation, building entirely new capabilities that help enterprises better understand and manage their security posture. This role is of  strategic importance to our mission within Security Risk Management. The team operates with high autonomy while maintaining close collaboration with our PM and UX designer, organizing into feature-specific squads to deliver maximum impact. What makes us unique is our focus on greenfield development - you'll be creating new solutions rather than maintaining legacy systems, with the exciting challenge of defining how enterprise security posture management works at global scale.

Learn more about our roadmap here.

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

United States Salary Range

$98,000—$210,000 USD