Staff Backend Engineer, Ruby - Charles City, United States - GitLab
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Description
An overview of this roleBackend Engineers at GitLab work on our product. This includes both the open source version of GitLab, the enterprise editions, and the service as well. They work with peers on teams dedicated to areas of the product. They work together with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers towards common goals. This Back-end Engineer will sit within the Office of the CEO. The Office of the CEO supports key initiatives while supporting the Chief of Staff to the CEO and CEO.
What you'll do
Develop features and improvements to the GitLab product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way.
Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders within Engineering (Frontend, UX, etc.) to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
Solve technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.
Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team ("technical debt"), propose and implement solutions.
Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around specific projects and community contributions.
Ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects.
What you'll bring
Ability to use GitLab.
Significant professional experience with Ruby on Rails or language required by the specialty.
Professional experience with any other technologies that may be required by the specialty.
Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems.
Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
Demonstrated ability to onboard and integrate with an organization long-term.
Positive and solution-oriented mindset.
Effective communication skills:
Regularly achieve consensus with peers, and clear status updates.
An inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility.
Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.
Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills.
Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization.
Share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
Ability to thrive in a fully remote organization.
How GitLab will support you
Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
All remote ,
asynchronous
work environment
Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Growth and development budget
Parental leave
Home office
support
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement.
underrepresented groups
are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
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