Backend Engineer, Create: Source Code Experience (Ruby) Remote, CanadaGit 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.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 valuesand 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.*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on Git Lab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of Git Lab.An overview of this role We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Source Code Experience team within Git Lab's Create stage. You'll help make everyday source code workflows transparent, reliable, and efficient for people working across Git Lab projects. As artificial intelligence agents increasingly write and manage code alongside people, you'll build backend capabilities and interfaces that support trustworthy collaboration between people and agents.You'll work in one of Git Lab's oldest and most complex product areas, using Ruby and Graph QL to improve critical source code experiences across Git, self-managed instances, and Git Lab Dedicated. The Source Code group is responsible for the backend and frontend aspects of the product categories within Source Code. With support from experienced team members,



you'll help maintain high reliability through performance and structured query language tuning, caching, rate limiting, testing, observability, and resiliency. You'll collaborate with product management, product design, testing, security, user experience research, technical writing, Gitaly, Code Review, and other Source Code teams to deliver reliable and performant systems.Develop secure, well-tested, performant features and improvements using Ruby and Graph QL.Work through complex requirements and legacy constraints to deliver clear solutions while protecting the reliability of this critical system.Design and maintain backend services, application programming interfaces, data models, and business logic that support intuitive source code workflows.Collaborate across functions and teams, both asynchronously and synchronously, and involve domain experts when their input will improve the outcome.Use artificial intelligence agents for well-scoped work when they can speed up delivery without sacrificing quality, and critically review their output.Write maintainable code that follows Git Lab's standards and contribute to constructive code reviews.Help strengthen reliability by monitoring production health metrics, participating in Tier 2 on-call, troubleshooting incidents, contributing to root cause analysis, and improving observability and resiliency.Share knowledge through code review, technical documentation, and everyday collaboration while learning from others.What you’ll bring Professional experience building backend web applications, services, or application programming interfaces, with experience using Ruby and Graph QL.An understanding of relational databases, structured query language, data modeling, caching, background processing,



and backend performance practices.Experience contributing to user-facing workflows and maintaining their underlying systems.Experience writing backend unit and integration tests, with familiarity with the testing pyramid, Git, and collaborative code review processes.Experience using artificial intelligence coding agents and reviewing their output, or an interest in building these skills in a complex monorepo.Clear written and spoken English communication skills, including sharing useful status updates in a remote, asynchronous environment.The ability to manage assigned priorities, work through ambiguity, take ownership of your work, and seek guidance when needed.About the team We work on a complex product area that serves Git, self-managed instances, and Git Lab Dedicated. You'll work closely with Code Review, Gitaly, and other Source Code teams.Git Lab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Git Lab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. Git Lab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also Git Lab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.Country Hiring Guidelines: Git Lab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Backend Engineer, Create: Source Code Experience (Ruby) Remote, Canada (Winnipeg)
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