Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Readiness

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GitLab operates an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, helping organizations boost developer efficiency, streamline operations, and minimize security and compliance risks. The company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join its newly formed Platform Readiness team. In this remote position, you will build internal developer tools that integrate platform readiness intelligence directly into the software development lifecycle, moving assessments from manual reviews to intelligent, agentic automation. This role is…

Job Description

This role is ideal for an experienced backend or platform engineer who wants to shape architectural direction, mentor teammates, and work with modern developer workflows. You will design core agentic workflows on the Duo Agent Platform, evolve requirements knowledge bases, and create integration surfaces within issues, merge requests, and CI/CD pipelines. You will collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, and data teams to translate their expertise into structured validation logic.

GitLab embraces AI as a core productivity tool and expects team members to incorporate it into their daily tasks. As a senior technical anchor, you will receive onboarding and guidance from leadership while establishing the team's technical strategy. The position supports a flexible work environment with comprehensive benefits including equity compensation, paid time off, and parental leave.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and evolve core agentic workflows on the Duo Agent Platform and Requirements Agent
Contribute to schema design, validation tooling, and CI systems powering the platform requirements knowledge base
Build integration surfaces that connect with issues, merge requests, design documents, and CI/CD pipelines
Partner with infrastructure, security, and data teams to translate domain expertise into structured requirements and validation logic
Design quality control feedback loops to measure assessment accuracy and surface errors back to governance
Mentor other engineers on agentic-workflow standards, prompt discipline, and human-AI collaboration
Author technical documentation and architectural decision records detailing key design choices

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience
2+ years of experience in backend, platform, or developer-facing tooling
Strong proficiency in TypeScript/Node, Python, or Golang
Experience shipping developer-facing tooling for engineering users
Understanding of GitLab-style development workflows including issues, merge requests, and CI/CD
Ability to work cross-functionally across multiple platform teams
Experience with structured content systems, schemas, or validation tooling

Qualifications

Experience with Ruby
Experience with AI and agentic systems such as DAP, ADK, or LangGraph
Experience integrating with LLM APIs and reasoning about cost, latency, and evaluation
Background in developer experience or platform engineering
Familiarity with governance patterns for shared standards and cross-org decision-making
Open source contribution history in platform, developer experience, or AI infrastructure
Relational database experience with PostgreSQL at scale
Production experience shipping agentic workflows and handling AI operational complexities
Observability and monitoring experience for AI systems

Core Skills

TypeScript Python SQL PostgreSQL Git Leadership Recruitment

Benefits

Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Growth and Development Fund
Parental Leave

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Is this position remote?

Yes, all roles at GitLab are remote, though some positions may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements.

What is the employment type?

This is a full-time position.

What is the salary for this role?

The salary is not stated in the job posting.

How do I apply if I do not meet every single qualification?

GitLab welcomes interest from candidates with varying levels of experience, and candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every single requirement.