Backend Engineer, Developer Remote, Canada; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote

Remote, Canada;
Remote, United Kingdom;
Remote, US

Git Lab is the intelligent orchestration platform for Dev Sec Ops . Git Lab 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 Git Lab to ship better, more secure software faster.

As a Staff Backend Engineer in the Developer Experience group, you’ll work cross‑functionally to help us identify and improve the engineering experience across Git Lab’s internal engineering teams. We’re at a pivotal time in transforming our testing approach and development experience to enable engineers to deliver high‑quality code efficiently and with confidence.

Developer Experience currently has six, globally distributed teams of Backend Engineers and Software Engineers in Test. This role will work across the entire group to help us identify and remove the biggest points of friction that affect development ect to split your time between hands‑on coding in Ruby and Go, designing scalable solutions, and helping every team deliver. You’ll be instrumental in shaping our engineering culture across Git Lab.

This is a highly visible role with strong company‑wide support. You’ll be instrumental in shifting our culture and practices toward a cohesive Developer Experience Platform strategy—backed by buy‑in and appetite for change.

• Identifying and removing the source of flakiness in our tests pipelines
• Introducing comprehensive test coverage reporting to guide our decisions about what and when to test
• Standardizing logging libraries and documentation to make it easy for all features and components to provide consistent logs

• Drive Technical Excellence Across Teams:
  Provide hands‑on engineering contributions and technical leadership across six Developer Experience teams, jumping in to unblock critical work or accelerate high‑impact initiatives
• Champion Engineering Needs:
  Partner with engineering teams across Git Lab to identify pain points, gather feedback, and translate day‑to‑day frustrations into actionable improvements for the Developer Experience roadmap
• Transform Testing at Scale:
  Help us modernize our testing to support Git Lab's growth—ensuring engineers have fast, reliable tools that catch issues early without slowing them down
• Optimize CI/CD Pipelines:
  Reduce merge and CI friction by building workflows that deliver fast, actionable feedback—helping engineers iterate confidently and ship faster
• Break Down Systemic Bottlenecks:
  Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Infrastructure teams to identify and eliminate the architectural and process friction that slows down development
• Shape Engineering Culture:
  Foster a culture of continuous learning, inclusion, and improvement—where great developer experience is a shared value across the organization

• Deep experience with developer tooling, Dev Ex strategies, and testing frameworks at scale
• Experience leading platform or transformation initiatives across multiple teams
• Proven ability to influence without authority and collaborate across functions
• Familiarity with Dev Ops workflows and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in a remote‑first environment
• A product mindset with a passion for empowering developers
• Alignment with Git Lab values, especially collaboration, iteration, and transparency

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Salary ranges do not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

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