Intermediate Backend Engineer - Security Policies

Join GitLab's Security Policies Team

GitLab is seeking an Intermediate Backend Engineer to join our Security Policies team. This role is pivotal in enhancing the security and robustness of our software development lifecycle. As a Backend Engineer, you will be instrumental in empowering organizations to define, implement, and manage security policies within GitLab.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and Enhance Features: Focus on security, performance, and robust testing of Security Policies features.
• Quality Assurance: Take ownership of feature quality by executing manual test cases and driving improvements to the verification process.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management and Engineering to uphold rigorous quality standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion continuous improvement in product quality, security, and performance.
• Code Development: Deliver clean, maintainable code adhering to best practices for high-scale web applications.
• Code Reviews: Provide timely and constructive code reviews, fostering a welcoming environment for community contributions.
• Technical Debt: Proactively identify and address technical debt, optimizing team efficiency.
• Project Management: Deliver features independently while excelling in collaborative environments for larger projects.
• On-call Rotations: Contribute to on-call rotations, ensuring the stability and security of GitLab operations.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven expertise in Ruby on Rails development.
• Proficiency in relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
• Ability to articulate complex technical challenges and propose well-defined, iterative solutions.
• Solid understanding of software testing principles and experience with quality assurance tasks.
• Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
• Effective communication skills: Regularly achieve consensus with peers, provide clear and consistent status updates, with a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.
• Highly organized, self-starter with strong self-management skills.

About the Team

The Security Policies team is at the forefront of security policy management, building powerful tools that empower organizations to secure their software development lifecycle. They focus on enabling automated policy enforcement, providing detailed insights into security posture, and simplifying the process of managing policies across different environments.

How GitLab Will Support You

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being.
• All remote, asynchronous work environment.
• Flexible Paid Time Off.
• Team Member Resource Groups.
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Growth and development budget.
• Parental leave.
• Home office support.

GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.