Key Skills

Job Description

# INTERMEDIATE BACKEND ENGINEER — DATABASE EXCELLENCE ## About the Role GitLab is a fully remote, all-remote company seeking an **Intermediate Backend Engineer** to join the **Database Excellence** group. In this role, you will develop and enhance frameworks and tooling that help keep application datastores scalable, healthy, and secure across **GitLab.com and self-managed GitLab instances**. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, develop your understanding of data architecture practices, and contribute to improving application and database performance in a distributed environment. ## Key Responsibilities * Develop and enhance backend frameworks and tooling for application datastores. * Help maintain scalable, healthy, and safe application data stores across GitLab.com and self-managed instances. * Contribute to database and data architecture initiatives in a distributed environment. * Improve application and datastore performance. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support database and backend engineering objectives. * Apply and develop data architecture practices as part of ongoing engineering work. ## Required Qualifications * Backend engineering experience appropriate for an intermediate-level engineering role. * Ability to develop and enhance backend frameworks and tooling. * Experience working with application datastores or database-related systems. * Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. * Ability to work effectively in a distributed, remote environment. ## Preferred Qualifications * Experience with data architecture practices. * Experience improving application or database performance. * Experience supporting scalable and reliable datastore environments. * Experience working with both cloud-hosted and self-managed application environments. ## Skills & Competencies * Backend software engineering * Database and datastore technologies * Scalability and performance optimization * Data architecture * Framework and tooling development * Cross-functional collaboration * Distributed systems and environments * Problem-solving and technical learning * Remote collaboration ## Education & Experience **Education:** No specific educational qualification is stated in the provided job description. **Experience:** Intermediate-level backend engineering experience, with relevant experience in application datastores, scalability, performance, and distributed environments. ## Work Arrangement & Schedule * **Work Arrangement:** Fully remote / all-remote * **Work Environment:** Distributed engineering organization * **Employment Type:** Not specified in the provided job description * **Schedule:** Not specified in the provided job description ## Compensation & Benefits Compensation, benefits, and additional employment details are not specified in the provided job description. ## Compliance / Additional Information * The role supports both **GitLab.com and self-managed GitLab instances**. * The position is part of GitLab's **Database Excellence** group.

Core Responsibilities

Develop and enhance backend frameworks and tooling to maintain scalable, healthy, and secure application datastores. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve database performance and support data architecture initiatives across GitLab environments.

Requirements

Requires intermediate-level backend engineering experience with a focus on application datastores and distributed systems. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work effectively in a remote environment and contribute to database performance optimization.