GitLab

Backend Engineer, Source Code: Repository Services (Ruby)

United States

Mid-Level

REMOTE

GitLab is hiring a Backend Engineer to join the Repository Services team within the Create stage. This role focuses on building and maintaining the access layer that controls how code enters a repository, who can change it, and how changes are verified. You will work primarily with Ruby and GraphQL across GitLab.com, self-managed instances, and GitLab Dedicated. As a newer team, early priorities include reliability, performance tuning, caching, rate limiting, observability, and resiliency. The role is fully remote with a US salary range of $115,200 to $194,400.

Ruby

GraphQL

SQL

Relational Databases

Data Modeling

Caching

Background Processing

Backend Performance Tuning

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

Git

Code Review

API Design

Observability

Incident Troubleshooting

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