Senior Distribution Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Oversee build pipelines and assess support requirements for new services, platforms, and architectures.

• Sustain existing services, platforms, architectures, and GitLab components.

• Create and manage packages for various supported Linux distributions and architectures, including release activities.

• Design and maintain official GitLab container images and tools for component building.

• Empower development teams to incorporate components into GitLab packages via guides and self-service infrastructure.

• Collaborate with security teams to recognize and address vulnerabilities while ensuring dependencies are secure and current.

• Administer cloud marketplace listings and integrations with prominent cloud providers.

• Keep and evaluate installation, update, and upgrade documentation and processes prior to release.

• Guarantee license compliance across bundled dependencies.

• Submit components and packages to partners for validation and certification.

• Collaborate with development teams on new features and community packaging initiatives.

• Review merge requests, including updates for dependencies and security concerning bundled components.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient with Linux build toolchains such as autotools, make, CMake, and Nix.

• Experienced in building container images and utilizing container build tools in a production environment.

• Familiar with Debian- and Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based systems for building .deb and .rpm packages, as well as packaging cloud-native applications.

• Knowledgeable in continuous integration systems, including GitLab's CI feature, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Travis CI.

• Competent in writing and maintaining complex shell scripts within production settings.

• Skilled in communicating effectively in both written and spoken English in a remote, predominantly asynchronous work environment.

• Experience working with major cloud providers like Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Azure.

• Additional experience with Ruby, Go, Python, or Rust, as well as observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana, would be advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits to support your health, finances, and overall well-being.

• Flexible Paid Time Off.

• Team Member Resource Groups.

• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Growth and Development Fund.

• Parental Leave.