Intermediate Backend Engineer, Database Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Create and enhance backend features and data frameworks that ensure safe and efficient data handling at scale across GitLab.com and self-managed deployments.

• Collaborate with product management, UX, frontend, infrastructure, software delivery, and analytics teams to design and deliver high-performing, reliable solutions.

• Assess and enhance database-related modifications from other engineers and external contributors to guarantee data integrity, security, and performance across various environments.

• Design, construct, and maintain tools and guardrails such as SQL traffic replay and background operations frameworks to proactively identify and resolve scalability, performance, and data health concerns.

• Investigate, design, and implement enhancements to database performance, scalability, and data health, addressing areas like soft delete strategies and database migration testing.

• Document best practices for databases, anti-patterns, and data architecture guidance to empower developers in making informed and consistent decisions.

• Develop strategies for database upgrade paths and migration techniques that maintain backward compatibility while minimizing downtime and operational challenges for self-managed customers with diverse deployment setups.

• In this position, your success will come from delivering incremental improvements and gradually building the capability to fully own larger projects with shorter revision cycles.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven software engineering experience with PostgreSQL in large, complex production environments, focusing on performance tuning and troubleshooting.

• Expertise in Ruby on Rails or another Ruby framework, with a background in designing, implementing, and reviewing backend features and services.

• Ability to analyze software design, algorithms, and performance trade-offs at a system level, particularly in data-intensive applications.

• Strong written communication skills and comfort in working asynchronously within an all-remote, distributed team.

• Self-motivated work style with strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize effectively as a 'manager of one.'

• Alignment with GitLab's values, including transparency, teamwork, inclusion, and contributions to open source practices.

• Willingness to learn and apply new tools and methodologies, including transferable experience from related data, infrastructure, or developer tooling fields.

🏝️ Benefits

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

• Flexible Paid Time Off

• Team Member Resource Groups

• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Growth and Development Fund

• Parental leave

• Home office support