Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience (Ruby)

Remote, APAC; Remote, Canada; Remote, EMEA; Remote, Netherlands; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote, USRemotePosted February 5, 2026

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Job Description

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps 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. GitLab 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.

An overview of this role

As a Staff Backend Engineer in the Developer Experience group, you’ll work cross-functionally to help us identify and improve the engineering experience across GitLab’s internal engineering teams. We’re at a pivotal time in transforming our testing approach and development experience to enable engineers to deliver high-quality code efficiently and with confidence.

About the team

Our Developer Experience group currently has six globally distributed teams of Backend Engineers and Software Engineers in Test. In this role, you’ll work across our entire group to identify and remove the biggest points of friction that affect development at GitLab. You’ll split your time between hands-on coding in Ruby and Go, designing scalable solutions, and helping every team deliver. You’ll also be instrumental in shaping our engineering culture across GitLab.

This is a highly visible role with strong company-wide support. You’ll be instrumental in shifting our culture and practices toward a cohesive Developer Experience Platform strategy, backed by buy-in and appetite for change.

What you’ll do

Drive Technical Excellence Across Teams: Provide hands-on engineering contributions and technical leadership across six Developer Experience teams, jumping in to unblock critical work or accelerate high-impact initiatives.
Champion Engineering Needs: Partner with engineering teams across GitLab to identify pain points, gather feedback, and translate day-to-day frustrations into actionable improvements for the Developer Experience roadmap.
Transform Testing at Scale: Help us modernize our testing to support GitLab's growth and ensure engineers have fast, reliable tools that catch issues early without slowing them down.
Optimize CI/CD Pipelines: Reduce merge and CI friction by building workflows that deliver fast, actionable feedback and help engineers iterate confidently and ship faster.
Break Down Systemic Bottlenecks: Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Infrastructure teams to identify and eli