Senior Backend Engineer, Ruby, Python

October 14

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Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise • SaaS

GitLab is the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform, offering tools for automated software delivery, security, and compliance throughout the software development lifecycle. It provides solutions across areas such as AI-assisted development, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), source code management, and vulnerability management. GitLab aims to simplify and accelerate software delivery by uniting development, security, and operations on a unified platform. It is particularly recognized for its AI code assistants and has been named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for DevOps Platforms, making it a preferred choice for many enterprises.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

💰 Secondary Market on 2020-11

📋 Description

• Architect and lead the implementation of complex AI-powered coding assistance systems spanning multiple services and technologies (Ruby/Rails, Python, Rust, TypeScript) • Drive technical strategy for AI coding tools including code suggestions, code review, and code generation capabilities • Design and build scalable, high-performance APIs and services that power IDE extensions and AI-assisted development workflows • Lead initiatives to improve the quality, relevance, and responsiveness of AI-generated code suggestions and reviews • Evaluate and integrate emerging AI/ML models and technologies to enhance our coding assistance capabilities • Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers across the Code Creation team and collaborate with other teams • Influence product and engineering decisions by proposing thorough, iterative solutions to complex technical and architectural challenges • Drive innovation in AI-powered development tools, experimenting with new approaches to code suggestion, review, and generation • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, marketing, and more • Represent the team in technical discussions with customers and stakeholders about AI-powered development capabilities

🎯 Requirements

• Significant professional experience with Ruby on Rails and Python, with a track record of building production systems at scale • Proven ability to architect and lead complex technical projects from concept to production across distributed systems • Strong experience with AI/ML technologies, including integration with large language models and understanding of prompt engineering • Deep expertise in performance optimization, particularly for systems handling high-volume API requests • Experience designing and building distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and scalability • Strong background in database design and optimization for applications processing large datasets • Demonstrated ability to drive technical decisions and influence engineering strategy across multiple teams • Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical capabilities of a team • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaborating in a remote, globally distributed environment • Ability to work effectively across different technology stacks and quickly learn new languages and frameworks as needed.

🏖️ Benefits

• GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.