Staff Backend Engineer (Go), Events Platform

GitLab
India
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Go","Docker","Kubernetes","GitOps","Ruby on Rails"]

Lead technical execution on a high-scale Go-based backend platform within a greenfield initiative, shaping architecture for durable orchestration, live state awareness, and AI-native governance. Drive cross-functional collaboration, mentor engineers, and maintain high engineering standards across the CD codebase while contributing to architectural proposals and on-call reliability.

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GitLab
GitLab
5 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer (Go), Events Platform

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Job Summary

Lead technical execution on a high-scale Go-based backend platform within a greenfield initiative, shaping architecture for durable orchestration, live state awareness, and AI-native governance. Drive cross-functional collaboration, mentor engineers, and maintain high engineering standards across the CD codebase while contributing to architectural proposals and on-call reliability.
Location: India
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead technical execution on the CD platform: decompose complex architectural designs into well-scoped, deliverable work and drive the team to ship with quality and confidence.
  • •Solve high-complexity engineering problems and contribute architectural feedback that shapes how the system evolves.
  • •Set and maintain the technical bar across the codebase through code review, mentorship, and example.
  • •Mentor engineers at all levels, helping them grow their technical capabilities and navigate difficult problems.
  • •Represent the CD team in cross-functional engineering discussions and contribute to written technical proposals and architectural documents.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Remote WorkEquityLearning BudgetParental LeaveHome Office

Key Requirements

  • •Deep professional experience building backend services in Go, with a track record in high-scale production environments.
  • •Distributed systems design, including durable workflow execution, state persistence, and event-driven architectures.
  • •Extensive experience leading or contributing to release orchestration, deployment automation, or continuous delivery systems at scale.
  • •Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes at production scale, including blue/green and canary deployments.
  • •Strong familiarity with GitOps workflows and tools in that ecosystem.
Experience:DevOpsSaaS
Skills:GoDockerKubernetesGitOpsRuby on Rails
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoDockerKubernetesGitOpsRuby on Rails

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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