Backend Engineer Ruby AI Engineering Agent Observability
GitLab is an AI-powered DevSecOps platform that unifies the entire software development lifecycle into a single application. It helps development, security, and operations teams to collaborate and deliver software more efficiently, with security integrated at every step. The platform is trusted by millions of users and a majority of the Fortune 100.
About GitLab Inc.
GitLab is a comprehensive, AI-powered DevSecOps platform that streamlines the entire software delivery process by unifying the development lifecycle into a single application. It integrates source code management, CI/CD, security, and monitoring to help teams build, secure, and operate software more efficiently. Key features include automated security scans built into the development pipeline and AI-driven tools like GitLab Duo for code suggestions and chat, which enhance developer productivity. GitLab serves a diverse client base, from startups and open-source projects to large enterprises, including over half of the Fortune 100. The platform aims to reduce complexity, accelerate delivery cycles, and strengthen security and compliance for its users.
Skills
About the Role
You will develop, ship, and maintain secure, well-tested, and performant features for Agent Observability and AI interactions across the GitLab monolith backend and AI gateway. You will design and review GraphQL and REST APIs, improve automated testing, collaborate on iterative product enhancements, share engineering standards, and participate in Tier 2 on-call rotations to resolve production issues and improve resiliency.
Requirements
- Experience building and maintaining production Ruby on Rails applications, including background jobs, APIs, and data models.
- Ability to work across the stack in a mature codebase.
- Proficiency designing or extending REST or GraphQL APIs with scalability, maintainability, and backward compatibility.
- Practical daily experience with AI tooling.
- SQL skills and familiarity with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
- Ability to collaborate in an async-first, distributed team.
- Written and verbal communication skills, including technical proposals and documentation.
Responsibilities
- Develop, ship, and maintain features for Agent Observability and AI interactions.
- Collaborate with product, UX, frontend, backend, and AI specialists to refine requirements and deliver product enhancements.
- Design, implement, and review GraphQL and REST APIs and backend logic.
- Improve and extend automated testing, including RSpec.
- Share engineering standards, patterns, and learnings with other engineers.
- Participate in Tier 2 on-call rotations, troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and improve observability and resiliency.
Benefits
- Health, financial, and well-being benefits.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Team Member Resource Groups.
- Equity compensation.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Parental leave.