Intermediate Backend Engineer - Verify: Runner
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An overview of this role
The Runner team works closely with our other Verify teams to build our Continuous Integration (CI) system. Our Fleet Visibility engineers work to enable customers to more deeply integrate AI into their development processes, in one unified dashboard, allowing them to manage a GitLab Runner Fleet at scale and have deep visibility into CI/CD pipeline metrics.
As our new Backend Engineer, you will help us continue to mature our functionality, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and usability as this key area of the product continues to evolve. To help GitLab CI remain a best in class solution, you will play a key role, along with your fellow team members, to design and develop new features, while maintaining and expanding existing ones.
Some of the things we have recently been working on include:
Improving reporting capabilities of pipeline and job metrics through CI Insights
Launching big data offerings for our self managed customers through ClickHouse integration
Our handbook page has more details on how we work as a team and our Product Vision and Roadmap
What you’ll do
Write high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code while adhering to best practices and contributing to code reviews
Embrace continuous learning and stay connected with industry best practices, tools, and technologies to drive improvements in our software
Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance
Mentor and support fellow team members as you grow, sharing your knowledge and expertise to contribute to their growth
Contribute to our development process by asking questions and providing feedback to make us better as a team
Collaborate with more Senior Engineers on the architectural plans and technical designs ensuring scalability, performance, maintainability and measurability
Participate in agile development practices, including planning sessions, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to drive iterative software development and continuous improvement for the team
Participate in Tier 2 or Tier 3 weekday, weekend, and/or occasional night on-call rotations to assist troubleshooting product operations, security operations, and urgent engineering issues.
What you’ll bring
Proficiency with Ruby and Ruby on Rails (2+ years experience preferred)
Experience with Relational Database Management Systems (PostgreSQL is a plus)
Proven experience writing testable code in Ruby on Rails
A commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB at GitLab)
Experience with GraphQL is a plus
An ability to self manage and organize in an asynchronous and collaborative work environment
Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
Familiarity with various stages of software development end-to-end (Agile methodologies is a plus)
Proven ability to work effectively in a team including product managers, designers, and other engineers
A commitment to continuous learning and openness to giving and receiving feedback as a part of fostering individual and team development
About the team
The team is made up of experienced Engineers with a passion for solving problems and creating usable solutions; located across different time zones, async communication and manager of one is core to how we continue to deliver value to users. The Verify:Runner team cares deeply about GitLab’s core values and has principles that align with those values. The team regularly interacts with community contributors, customers, and other GitLab teams as we strive to create lovable DevSecOps features.
How GitLab will support you
All remote, asynchronous work environment
Home office support
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
Remote-Global
About the job
Intermediate Backend Engineer - Verify: Runner
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Development jobs
An overview of this role
The Runner team works closely with our other Verify teams to build our Continuous Integration (CI) system. Our Fleet Visibility engineers work to enable customers to more deeply integrate AI into their development processes, in one unified dashboard, allowing them to manage a GitLab Runner Fleet at scale and have deep visibility into CI/CD pipeline metrics.
As our new Backend Engineer, you will help us continue to mature our functionality, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and usability as this key area of the product continues to evolve. To help GitLab CI remain a best in class solution, you will play a key role, along with your fellow team members, to design and develop new features, while maintaining and expanding existing ones.
Some of the things we have recently been working on include:
Improving reporting capabilities of pipeline and job metrics through CI Insights
Launching big data offerings for our self managed customers through ClickHouse integration
Our handbook page has more details on how we work as a team and our Product Vision and Roadmap
What you’ll do
Write high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code while adhering to best practices and contributing to code reviews
Embrace continuous learning and stay connected with industry best practices, tools, and technologies to drive improvements in our software
Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance
Mentor and support fellow team members as you grow, sharing your knowledge and expertise to contribute to their growth
Contribute to our development process by asking questions and providing feedback to make us better as a team
Collaborate with more Senior Engineers on the architectural plans and technical designs ensuring scalability, performance, maintainability and measurability
Participate in agile development practices, including planning sessions, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to drive iterative software development and continuous improvement for the team
Participate in Tier 2 or Tier 3 weekday, weekend, and/or occasional night on-call rotations to assist troubleshooting product operations, security operations, and urgent engineering issues.
What you’ll bring
Proficiency with Ruby and Ruby on Rails (2+ years experience preferred)
Experience with Relational Database Management Systems (PostgreSQL is a plus)
Proven experience writing testable code in Ruby on Rails
A commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB at GitLab)
Experience with GraphQL is a plus
An ability to self manage and organize in an asynchronous and collaborative work environment
Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
Familiarity with various stages of software development end-to-end (Agile methodologies is a plus)
Proven ability to work effectively in a team including product managers, designers, and other engineers
A commitment to continuous learning and openness to giving and receiving feedback as a part of fostering individual and team development
About the team
The team is made up of experienced Engineers with a passion for solving problems and creating usable solutions; located across different time zones, async communication and manager of one is core to how we continue to deliver value to users. The Verify:Runner team cares deeply about GitLab’s core values and has principles that align with those values. The team regularly interacts with community contributors, customers, and other GitLab teams as we strive to create lovable DevSecOps features.
How GitLab will support you
All remote, asynchronous work environment
Home office support
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
Remote-Global