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full-timeSenior Backend Engineer, India
Gitlab · Bangalore
GitLab provides an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, helping organizations streamline software development, security, and compliance. As a Senior Backend Engineer based in Bangalore, you will be responsible for designing and implementing complex backend features while influencing the long-term technical direction of the platform. The role involves working across product, infrastructure, and security boundaries to improve system reliability, performance, and maintainability. You will move beyond task-based work to actively shape architectural trade-offs and define engineering standards. A key component of this position is the integration of agentic AI into production workflows to drive efficiency. You will also take on a leadership role by mentoring junior engineers, conducting design reviews, and participating in incident response. This position is well-suited for a seasoned engineer who thrives in a remote-first, asynchronous environment, possesses strong written communication skills, and is comfortable making high-level architectural decisions in a large-scale, global product ecosystem.
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. About the role As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design, implement, and evolve product capabilities while solving high-scope backend problems and influencing the technical and product direction of our teams. You will move beyond "assigned work" to actively improve the quality, reliability, and performance of our systems. You will work across product, frontend, infrastructure, data, and security boundaries, making sound architectural trade-offs, communicating complex ideas clearly in an asynchronous environment, and helping define the standards for a high-scale, global product. Why you’ll love this role High Impact: You aren't just shipping features; you are shaping the architecture of a global platform used by millions. Technical Agency: You will influence team objectives, technical direction, and long-range goals, helping us solve problems of high scope and complexity. Innovative Culture: You will get to experiment with and integrate agentic AI into production engineering workflows, moving beyond simple prompt engineering to build resilient, AI-assisted systems. Autonomy: You will thrive in our remote-first, asynchronous organization, where clear written communication and self-direction are the pillars of success. User-Centric Collaboration: You’ll partner closely with PMs and designers to shape requirements, ensuring every technical decision delivers genuine value to our users. What you’ll do Drive Technical Direction: Design and ship moderate to complex backend features with minimal guidance, making pragmatic choices between modular-monolith code, shared components, or independently operated services. Raise the Bar: Advocate for product quality, security, availability, and performance. You will define backend standards for style, maintainability, testing, APIs, and operational readiness. Mentor & Lead: Mentor associate and intermediate engineers, remove technical blockers, and improve team delivery practices through code and design reviews. Operational Excellence: Diagnose and prevent performance/reliability issues at scale. Participate in incident response and act as a technical owner where appropriate. AI Integration: Use AI in production engineering work to improve outcomes, evaluate its effectiveness, and coach others on responsible, high-judgment use. What you’ll bring Deep Backend Expertise: A strong command of backend architecture, APIs, data systems, and performance tuning in a complex product or service environment. Adaptability: Proficiency in modern backend languages and a deep understanding of systems programming. We value the ability to learn and adapt over mastery of a single language. Architectural Judgment: Experience designing or evolving modular backend boundaries, bounded contexts, and migration-safe architectures. Influence: Ability to lead through influence, technical judgment, and clear written communication, effectively bridging the gap between product needs and technical reality. Agentic AI Expertise: Proven experience building or operating agentic systems in production—moving beyond prompt engineering to architecting loops, tool-use, and error-handling strategies that ensure reliability at scale. Helpful experience Experience with high-throughput distributed systems, concurrency, or profiling. Hands-on experience with containerized production operations (e.g., Kubernetes). Deep database performance knowledge (e.g., PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, schema evolution, partitioning). Background in large-scale modular monoliths or event-driven systems. Public technical communication, open-source maintenance, or experience in developer-focused SaaS. How GitL
| Role | Senior Backend Engineer, India |
|---|---|
| Company | Gitlab |
| Location | Bangalore |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-09-29 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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