Remote Intermediate Backend Engineer, Engineering Productivity

Description:

• GitLab is an open core software company that develops an AI-powered DevSecOps Platform used by over 100,000 organizations.
• The mission of GitLab is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create software, significantly accelerating human progress.
• As a Backend Engineer in Engineering Productivity, you will measure and optimize the developer feedback loop to improve workflow efficiency for GitLab projects.
• The Engineering Productivity team focuses on maximizing the value and throughput of Product Development teams by enhancing the developer experience and streamlining product development processes.
• The team is responsible for reducing pipeline duration and increasing pipeline stability for GitLab projects.
• You will build automated measurements and dashboards to gain insights into the Engineering organization's productivity.
• Your role includes increasing contributor and developer productivity through measurement-driven improvements and monitoring results.
• You will participate in activities related to Engineering throughput and KPIs and develop automated processes for improving label classification hygiene.
• The team aims to provide a system that allows team members and contributors to test changes locally, managing GitLab requirements, development tools, and databases.

Requirements:

• You should have experience developing in Ruby.
• Experience with test automation frameworks for both front-end and back-end testing is required.
• You must have experience in designing and developing tools and solutions used across teams.
• Development experience in object-oriented programming languages and patterns is necessary.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential.
• Experience with a front-end charting/visualization library is required.
• You should have experience using test automation tools such as Selenium, Capybara, or Watir.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration systems like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Travis is necessary.

Benefits:

• GitLab offers benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being.
• The company provides an all-remote and asynchronous work environment.
• Flexible Paid Time Off is available to all employees.
• Team Member Resource Groups are offered to foster a sense of belonging.
• Equity Compensation and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan are part of the benefits package.
• A growth and development budget is provided to support your professional development.
• Parental leave is available for employees.
• Home office support is offered to help you set up your workspace.