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Senior Backend Engineer, Database Excellence (Ruby)
from GitLab · read the original and apply on their site
Remote, United Kingdom
Our take: The real work here is building the data frameworks, guardrails, and tooling that keep GitLab's PostgreSQL datastores scalable and safe as data grows faster than ever.
If you love making databases behave at genuine scale, this is work with real teeth: retention frameworks, shift-left guardrails, and traffic replay tooling that keep GitLab.com healthy as data piles up faster than ever. You will work hands-on with PostgreSQL and Ruby on Rails, help other engineers reason about data architecture, and see your guardrails catch trouble before it ships. It suits a self-directed builder who thrives in an all-remote, open-source culture and enjoys owning outcomes across many teams.
Needs
- backend engineering
- postgresql and rails
- systems design
- monitoring and tuning
- reviewing changes
- writing documentation
Rewards
- scaling done well
- visible infra impact
- teaching data patterns
- learning new tooling
Demands
- all-remote async work
- on-call rotation
- self-directed priorities
- constant cross-team work
Grows
- large-scale systems design
- managing production risk
- automating guardrails
- data quality assurance
Values
- transparency
- open-source community
- inclusion
- rigour and safety
- independent contribution
Drains
- reviewing others' changes
- bulk data removal chores
- carrying the pager
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