Staff Backend Engineer, Gitlab Delivery: Upgrades (Fully Remote)

Overview

• Drive technical direction of deployment and upgrade solutions for self-managed environments.
• Define architecture for cloud-native deployment and upgrade workflows.
• Mentor engineers and foster engineering excellence across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend systems, automation frameworks, and deployment tooling.
• Build and improve Kubernetes Operators, Helm charts, and orchestration for stateful applications.
• Establish best practices for reliability, observability, and resilience.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in production-grade software systems and Go development.
• Deep Kubernetes knowledge including Operators and controllers.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) and PostgreSQL migrations.
• Competitive compensation and flexible remote work.
• Comprehensive health, financial, and well-being benefits.
• Flexible paid time off and parental leave support.

GitLab

GitLab is a leading DevOps platform providing a complete CI/CD and software development lifecycle tool. The company is open-core with a strong remote culture and globally distributed teams.