Backend Engineer

# INTERMEDIATE BACKEND ENGINEER — DATABASE EXCELLENCE

## About the Role

GitLab is a fully remote, all-remote company seeking an **Intermediate Backend Engineer** to join the **Database Excellence** group. In this role, you will develop and enhance frameworks and tooling that help keep application datastores scalable, healthy, and secure across **GitLab.com and self-managed GitLab instances**.

You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, develop your understanding of data architecture practices, and contribute to improving application and database performance in a distributed environment.

## Key Responsibilities

* Develop and enhance backend frameworks and tooling for application datastores.

* Help maintain scalable, healthy, and safe application data stores across GitLab.com and self-managed instances.

* Contribute to database and data architecture initiatives in a distributed environment.

* Improve application and datastore performance.

* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support database and backend engineering objectives.

* Apply and develop data architecture practices as part of ongoing engineering work.

## Required Qualifications

* Backend engineering experience appropriate for an intermediate-level engineering role.

* Ability to develop and enhance backend frameworks and tooling.

* Experience working with application datastores or database-related systems.

* Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

* Ability to work effectively in a distributed, remote environment.

## Preferred Qualifications

* Experience with data architecture practices.

* Experience improving application or database performance.

* Experience supporting scalable and reliable datastore environments.

* Experience working with both cloud-hosted and self-managed application environments.

## Skills & Competencies

* Backend software engineering

* Database and datastore technologies

* Scalability and performance optimization

* Data architecture

* Framework and tooling development

* Cross-functional collaboration

* Distributed systems and environments

* Problem-solving and technical learning

* Remote collaboration

## Education & Experience

**Education:**

No specific educational qualification is stated in the provided job description.

**Experience:**

Intermediate-level backend engineering experience, with relevant experience in application datastores, scalability, performance, and distributed environments.

## Work Arrangement & Schedule

* **Work Arrangement:** Fully remote / all-remote

* **Work Environment:** Distributed engineering organization

* **Employment Type:** Not specified in the provided job description

* **Schedule:** Not specified in the provided job description

## Compensation & Benefits

Compensation, benefits, and additional employment details are not specified in the provided job description.

## Compliance / Additional Information

* The role supports both **GitLab.com and self-managed GitLab instances**.

* The position is part of GitLab's **Database Excellence** group.