Intermediate-Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), Spec-Driven Development

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GitLabDevSecOps software
Remote, PolandFull-TimeMiddle
Salary272,000 - 408,000 PLN per year
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Job Details

Required Skills
GraphQLPostgreSQLPythonSQLRuby on Rails

Requirements

  • Have strong Ruby on Rails experience in a large production codebase.
  • Have production experience with Python.
  • Have experience driving substantial projects involving several engineers over multiple months, with clear user or business outcomes.
  • Bring a product mindset and experience owning features end to end, including scope, trade-offs, user engagement, and post-launch adoption.
  • Have a full-stack background with a current focus on backend engineering.
  • Be able to read modern frontend code and design effective APIs.
  • Have strong API design and SQL fundamentals.
  • Have experience exploring AI-assisted development.
  • Be able to work independently and collaborate across functions and regions.
  • Be able to support others through technical leadership and mentoring.

Responsibilities

  • Lead backend features from early product discussions through technical design, implementation, rollout, and post-launch learning.
  • Build flows, APIs, and data models for agent-generated work items, implementation plans, durable specifications, and mergeable code.
  • Develop evaluation and benchmarking systems to measure workflow quality, token cost, and success rate.
  • Build reliable production systems using Ruby on Rails and Python, alongside PostgreSQL, GraphQL, GitLab Duo Agent Platform, LLM APIs, and an AI gateway.
  • Collaborate with product, design, engineers, design partners, and users to shape scope and make practical trade-offs.
  • Coordinate multi-person projects and communicate decisions in GitLab's asynchronous, all-remote environment.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction across the Plan group and related AI initiatives.
  • Work in short iterations, share progress through demos, and use results and user feedback to guide next steps.
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