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Backend Engineer, Create: Repository Management

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Remote, United Kingdom

Our take: The real work here is building reliable Ruby and GraphQL guardrails for repository management in one of GitLab's oldest, most complex systems, keeping it performant and trustworthy at scale.

If you like keeping a big, old, critical system reliable rather than chasing greenfield glamour, this is your kind of work. You will write Ruby and GraphQL to build guardrails for repositories used by millions, untangling legacy complexity and tuning for performance while learning from a small, seasoned team. It is fully remote, async-friendly, and built for people who take real ownership of what they ship.

Needs

  • ruby and graphql
  • root cause analysis
  • debugging incidents
  • data modelling
  • observability tuning
  • untangling complexity

Rewards

  • reliability engineering
  • impact at scale
  • learning from peers
  • performance tuning

Demands

  • working through ambiguity
  • tier 2 on-call
  • cross-team collaboration
  • owning your work
  • legacy complexity

Grows

  • backend depth
  • learning ruby and graphql
  • technical direction
  • acting on feedback

Values

  • craftsmanship
  • reliability rigour
  • quality over speed
  • remote working
  • transparency

Drains

  • technical debt work
  • async status updates
  • reviewing ai output

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