[Remote] Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Development Tooling

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitLab is an open-core software company that develops a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform. The Intermediate Backend Engineer will focus on enhancing developer workflows by designing and maintaining internal tools and frameworks, collaborating closely with various teams to create robust solutions that improve performance and reliability. Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain internal backend tools, frameworks, and APIs that streamline common developer tasks and workflows • Improve and optimize local development tooling, including containerized environments and command line interfaces, to reduce setup time and increase stability for GitLab engineers • Investigate and resolve performance and reliability bottlenecks across the software development lifecycle, improving speed and consistency of developer workflows • Develop and promote standards, reusable components, and patterns for service communication, configuration management, and health checks across Go and Ruby on Rails services • Collaborate with product engineers, software engineers in test, and infrastructure teams to understand developer pain points and translate them into robust, self-service tooling • Configure, query, and interpret data from monitoring and logging systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch to guide improvements and validate changes • Use and enhance continuous integration tooling (for example GitLab CI) to support reliable, automated testing and deployment for internal development tools • Document the tools, libraries, and workflows you own, and provide clear guidance and support so GitLab team members can adopt and use them effectively Skills • Experience as a backend or platform engineer working in large, complex codebases, ideally including monorepos and significant refactoring or migration efforts • Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), with a track record of designing and building internal tooling, frameworks, or APIs used by many developers • Practical experience with developer tooling and workflows, including continuous integration systems, test automation frameworks for backend services, and local development environments • Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL data stores, monitoring and observability tools (such as Prometheus or Grafana), and logging systems • Familiarity with cloud-native concepts and tooling, such as Docker, cloud platforms, and Infrastructure as Code or GitOps practices • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, translate developer pain points into technical solutions, and document and support the tools you create • Comfortable working in an asynchronous, distributed environment with a 'manager of one' mindset, proactively communicating status, risks, and tradeoffs • Openness to learning new technologies, contributing to open source, and bringing transferable skills from related domains, aligned with GitLab's values and inclusive culture Benefits • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being • Flexible Paid Time Off • Team Member Resource Groups • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Growth and Development Fund • Parental leave • Home office support Company Overview • GitLab is a web-based Git repository manager that offers a variety of features for software development teams. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job