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full-timeSenior Backend Engineer (go), Tenant Scale: Gitaly
Gitlab · Remote, Poland
GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that provides a single application for the entire software development lifecycle, helping organisations deliver software faster and more securely. The Gitaly team builds the Git data storage tier that powers repository access for GitLab.com, self‑managed instances and GitLab Dedicated. As a senior backend engineer on this team, you will design and implement distributed storage and repository‑management services, improve performance and reliability, and take end‑to‑end ownership of features from definition through rollout and operational support. Daily work includes writing Go code, benchmarking, collaborating with infrastructure, SRE and product groups, handling on‑call incidents, and mentoring peers through code reviews and documentation. The role suits engineers with several years of experience building highly available, large‑scale systems, strong Go proficiency, and a track record of leading complex technical projects. Candidates should be comfortable with performance tuning, capacity analysis, and cross‑functional collaboration in a remote environment.
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. An overview of this role As a Backend Engineer on the Gitaly team, you’ll help build GitLab’s Git data storage tier, a standalone product that provides reliable, secure, and fast access to Git repositories through application programming interfaces (APIs) and storage operations. You’ll work at the boundary between GitLab and Git to make repository access performant and dependable for GitLab.com , self-managed customers, and GitLab Dedicated. Our work spans distributed storage, repository management, high availability, performance, observability, and operational excellence. We’re currently building the next generation of source code management (SCM), including new approaches to scaling Git storage and improving how repository data is managed and served. You’ll balance roadmap delivery, technical improvements, customer and reliability work, and operational support. We value pragmatic engineering, thoughtful trade-offs, continuous improvement, and sustainable ways of working while operating a service that’s critical to GitLab. Learn more on the Gitaly Team Page . What you’ll do Own moderately sized to complex technical initiatives from problem definition and proposal through implementation, rollout, monitoring, and operational follow-through. Act as the directly responsible individual for projects by aligning stakeholders, communicating progress and trade-offs, identifying risks, and keeping execution moving with minimal guidance. Lead technical design for distributed storage, Git repository management, performance, reliability, and scalability problems, using data and benchmarking to guide decisions. Partner with engineers and teams across GitLab, including Git, Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering, Dedicated, and customer-facing teams, to deliver cross-functional outcomes. Improve engineering practices through mentoring, documentation, knowledge sharing, design reviews, and constructive code reviews. Take operational ownership of the systems you work on, including incident response, post-incident improvements, capacity and performance analysis, and customer escalations. Identify opportunities to improve work beyond an individual change through automation, reusable designs, better dashboards, upstream contributions, and improvements to development and testing workflows. Respond to user emergencies, platform alerts, and support requests, including regular on-call duties. What you’ll bring Significant professional experience building, debugging, and optimizing distributed or highly available software systems in large-scale production environments. Experience owning complex projects end to end, including technical design, execution, rollout, and operational support. Strong systems design skills and the ability to reason about performance, failure modes, consistency, concurrency, capacity, and observability. A track record of influencing technical decisions and working effectively with stakeholders across teams and disciplines. Experience mentoring engineers, improving team practices, and raising the quality of designs, code, testing, and documentation. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts and make trade-offs clear. Professional experience with Go or another backend or systems language. Experience operating production systems, participating in incident response, and turning operational learnings into durable improvements. Experience with Ruby, Git internals, gRPC, or Git server infrastructure is highly desirable. About the team The Gitaly team includes Backend Engineers who share ownership of the product
| Role | Senior Backend Engineer (go), Tenant Scale: Gitaly |
|---|---|
| Company | Gitlab |
| Location | Remote, Poland |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-09-29 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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