Senior Software Security Engineer

GitLab
Bengaluru, Canada, Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 139,200 - 196,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Collaboration","Proactivity","Automation mindset","Incident-handling mindset","Documentation"]

Engineer security improvements for GitLab’s product and Trust & Safety systems that detect and prevent abuse across SaaS. Build and maintain core abuse prevention tooling, including anomaly detection rules, an in-house Ruby on Rails abuse platform, and agentic AI capabilities to reduce HITL operational load. Collaborate with peer engineering teams to deliver product safety improvements, close automation gaps, and maintain runbooks and procedures for incident handling.

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GitLab
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Senior Software Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Engineer security improvements for GitLab’s product and Trust & Safety systems that detect and prevent abuse across SaaS. Build and maintain core abuse prevention tooling, including anomaly detection rules, an in-house Ruby on Rails abuse platform, and agentic AI capabilities to reduce HITL operational load. Collaborate with peer engineering teams to deliver product safety improvements, close automation gaps, and maintain runbooks and procedures for incident handling.
Location: Bengaluru, Canada, Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Maintain core abuse prevention systems and build new detection rules to identify and stop evolving platform abuse.
  • •Act as a core maintainer for the in-house abuse platform built on a Ruby on Rails monolith, supporting and delivering new features.
  • •Improve agentic AI capabilities in abuse mitigation tools to reduce HITL operational load.
  • •Lead collaboration with peer engineering teams to deliver safety improvements for the GitLab product.
  • •Resolve automation gaps and create efficient automated processes, including maintaining runbooks and procedures.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 139,200 - 196,000 annually
Perks:Paid LeaveEquityLearning BudgetParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Strong software development skills with experience in Ruby/Rails.
  • •Experience working on distributed applications with large codebases deployed in cloud environments.
  • •Comfort working in an all-remote environment with results and impact.
  • •Strong experience with cloud native development using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or AWS.
  • •Interest in defending against attacks and improving abuse mitigation through automation and AI systems.
Experience:DevSecOpsSaaSCloud-nativeAI native
Skills:CollaborationProactivityAutomation mindsetIncident-handling mindsetDocumentation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RubyRailsRuby on RailsGoogle Cloud PlatformGCPAWSAILLMMulti-agent

Company Brief

GitLab
Provides a single application for the complete DevSecOps lifecycle, offering source code management, CI/CD, security, and collaboration tools to help teams deliver software faster and more securely.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2011
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