Intermediate Backend Engineer; Ruby), Plan: Project Management

Git Lab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered Dev Sec Ops  Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development.

Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

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. Git Lab 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.

We are looking for an Intermediate Backend Engineer to join our Plan:

Project Management team, part of the broader Plan Stage. In this role, you'll work on diverse challenges—from feature development to scalability and performance optimization. You'll collaborate closely with frontend and backend engineers, UX designers, and product managers distributed across multiple time zones around the globe. You'll help shape the future of the Git Lab Agile Planning offering and how thousands of users manage projects to enable their teams to plan and execute work effectively.

• Collaborate closely with Product and Design counterparts to finalize the requirements and break down projects into smaller iterations.
• Collaborate with other engineers to plan and execute the work.
• Collaborate with engineers across Plan Stage on larger projects.
• Create Proof of Concepts for more complex work. Ensure quality by writing extensive tests, and roll out changes.
• Iterate and ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.
• Craft code that meets our standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment.
• Support other engineers and advocate for quality during code-reviews.
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team (“technical debt”), propose and implement solutions as part of our Engineering Backlog Rotation
• Nurture our open-source community by selecting and preparing issues for contributors, helping to organize hackathons, and reviewing contributions.
• Suggest and execute process improvements in monthly retrospectives.

• Professional experience with Ruby on Rails
• Experience in Postgre
  
  SQL database design and optimization
• Experience in REST API and Graph
  
  QL development
• Experience working with a platform or complex application (Large scale is a bonus).
• Familiarity with distributed, scalable and reliable systems.
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
• Strong communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
• Experience working in a highly agile, iterative software development process.
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization.
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values.

• Knowledge of Elasticsearch and No
  
  SQL database technologies
• Experience with Git Lab CI/CD workflows
• Computer science education or equivalent experience
• Open source contributions

You’ll be joining a team of 8 engineers composed of Intermediate, Senior, Staff and Principal engineers as well as cross functional counterparts. Plan:

Project Management team owns features and frameworks like Work Items, Service Desk, Labels, Milestones,…