Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience

GitLabDevSecOps

Residents of the United States onlyFull-TimeStaff

Salary131600 - 282000 USD per year

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Deep experience with developer tooling, DevEx strategies, and testing frameworks at scale
Experience leading platform or transformation initiatives across multiple teams
Proven ability to influence without authority and collaborate across functions
Familiarity with DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Strong written and verbal communication skills in a remote-first environment
A product mindset with a passion for empowering developers
Alignment with GitLab values, especially collaboration, iteration, and transparency

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—ensuring 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—helping engineers iterate confidently and ship faster
Break Down Systemic Bottlenecks: Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Infrastructure teams to identify and eliminate the architectural and process friction that slows down development
Shape Engineering Culture: Foster a culture of continuous learning, inclusion, and improvement—where great developer experience is a shared value across the organization

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