Staff Software Engineer
Leads hands-on backend development for vulnerability and dependency management, including security data ingestion, storage, indexing, and querying. Requires staff-level technical leadership, strong PostgreSQL and Ruby on Rails experience, and familiarity with security products or tooling.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead large technical deliverables from problem definition through delivery across multiple months or quarters.
- Design and develop backend systems for vulnerability and dependency management, including security report ingestion, storage, indexing, querying, and third-party integrations.
- Build and improve systems with Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL; contribute to newer services using Go or Rust where appropriate.
- Shape technical plans, break down complex work, and support other engineers’ delivery.
- Collaborate with product, design, frontend, and engineering partners to resolve constraints and deliver measurable progress.
- Influence the product and technical roadmap through investigation, proposals, and iterative delivery.
- Apply security-minded design when handling malicious or vulnerable software packages.
- Define modular-service patterns and provide technical leadership across GitLab Security.
Requirements
- Experience leading complex backend projects from concept through delivery while remaining hands-on.
- Strong PostgreSQL experience, including query optimization, table optimization, and write-ahead log management in data-intensive systems.
- Strong professional experience with Ruby on Rails, Go, or Python, with comfort using Ruby on Rails day to day.
- Experience with large monoliths, large-scale data systems, or established software products.
- Experience shaping delivery plans, guiding technical decisions, and supporting other engineers.
- Ability to collaborate with diverse partners and communicate technical trade-offs clearly.
- Experience communicating with leaders, leading peers through complex delivery, identifying constraints, and moving work forward.
- Experience with security tooling for vulnerability triage and remediation, or building vulnerability management, dependency management, or related security products.
- Fluency using artificial intelligence tools to improve delivery with sound engineering judgment.
Benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Team member resource groups
- Equity compensation and employee stock purchase plan
- Growth and development fund
- Parental leave
Skills
Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Go, Rust, Python, SQL, Query Optimization, Table Optimization, Write-Ahead Logging, Vulnerability Management, Dependency Management, Artificial Intelligence, Modular Services, Large-Scale Data Systems
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