# Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience

**Company:** [GitLab](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gitlab)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $132k – $282k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Ruby, Go, Developer Tooling, Developer Experience, Testing Frameworks, DevOps, CI/CD, Test Coverage, Logging Libraries, Development Environments
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Leads cross-functional Developer Experience initiatives across GitLab, combining hands-on Ruby and Go development with technical leadership to improve testing, CI/CD pipelines, tooling, and engineering workflows. The role requires deep developer tooling experience and the ability to influence multiple teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on engineering contributions and technical leadership across six Developer Experience teams.
- Partner with engineering teams to identify pain points and translate feedback into roadmap improvements.
- Modernize testing approaches and build fast, reliable testing tools at scale.
- Optimize CI/CD workflows to reduce merge friction and provide actionable feedback.
- Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Infrastructure teams to eliminate architectural and process bottlenecks.
- Foster continuous learning, inclusion, and improvement across the engineering organization.

## Requirements
- Deep experience with developer tooling, Developer Experience strategies, and testing frameworks at scale.
- Experience leading platform or transformation initiatives across multiple teams.
- Ability to influence without authority and collaborate across functions.
- Familiarity with DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in a remote-first environment.
- Product mindset and passion for empowering developers.
- Alignment with collaboration, iteration, and transparency.

## Compensation & Benefits
- United States base salary: **$131,600–$282,000 USD**.
- Benefits include health, financial, and well-being support; flexible paid time off; team member resource groups; equity compensation and employee stock purchase plan; growth and development fund; and parental leave.

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