Senior Backend Engineer Analytics Instrumentation Golang
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 guide the design, implementation, and evolution of a unified data collection platform. You will improve instrumentation data quality, provide technical guidance during incidents, collaborate across stakeholders, make reliability-focused technical decisions, and mentor engineers through reviews, design discussions, and documentation.
Requirements
- Significant experience with platform or infrastructure systems in production environments.
- Strong proficiency in Go and experience building and maintaining production services.
- Strong backend development experience designing scalable, reliable systems.
- Experience guiding technical design and making tradeoffs involving reliability, performance, data quality, and observability.
- Experience working across product teams, data consumers, and internal stakeholders.
- Familiarity with cloud native technologies and open source development practices.
- Experience mentoring engineers and documenting technical choices.
Responsibilities
- Guide the design, implementation, and evolution of a unified data collection platform using Golang, Kubernetes, ClickHouse, and NATS.
- Improve the emission, transit, and quality of instrumentation data.
- Provide technical guidance for usage billing and instrumentation systems during working hours.
- Work with research and development teams and the enterprise data organization to deliver common solutions.
- Make technical choices that balance ease of use, reliability, and correctness.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation.
Benefits
- Health, financial, and well-being benefits.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Team Member Resource Groups.
- Equity compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Parental leave.
