Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), Plan: Spec-Driven Development

the team and communicate decisions clearly in GitLab's asynchronous, all-remote environment.</li> <li>Mentor other engineers and contribute to technical direction across the Plan group and related artificial intelligence initiatives.</li> <li>Work in short iterations, share progress through demos, and use results and user feedback to guide what comes next.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What you’ll bring</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Strong Ruby on Rails experience in a large production codebase and production experience with Python.</li> <li>Experience driving substantial projects with several engineers over multiple months, with clear user or business outcomes.</li> <li>A product mindset and experience owning features end to end, including shaping scope, making trade-offs, engaging with users, and learning from adoption after launch.</li> <li>A full stack background with a current focus on backend engineering, plus the ability to read modern frontend code and design effective APIs.</li> <li>Strong application programming interface design and structured query language fundamentals.</li> <li>Experience exploring artificial intelligence-assisted development.</li> <li>The ability to work independently, collaborate across functions and regions, and support others through technical leadership and mentoring. Experience with GraphQL, PostgreSQL performance at scale, or building and evaluating large language model or agent systems is helpful but not required.</li> </ul> <p>We welcome candidates with different backgrounds and transferable experience. If you're excited

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the role but don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply.</p> <h2><strong>

About

the team</strong></h2> <p>We are a team of four engineers, with two backend and two frontend engineers across Canada and Europe. You'll work in an all-remote, async-first environment with weekly sync calls, retrospectives, demos, and short iterations. This is early-stage work with broad ownership, space for creativity, and a fast pace. For more about our team and its work, see<a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/devops/plan/"> Plan Team Handbook Page</a> and<a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/devops/plan/project-management/"> Spec-Driven Development Initiative</a></p> <p> </p> <p><em>The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the EU, applicable in the specified country or countries only. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location and having regard to any applicable collective agreements. The base salary range does not include bonuses, equity, or

benefits.</em></p> <p><em><strong>Poland base salary range: 272,000 - 408,000 PLN</strong></em></p><div class="content-conclusion"><h4><strong>How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees</strong></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/

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Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being</a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/time-off-and-absence/time-off-types/#flexible-paid-time-off-pto">Flexible Paid Time Off </a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/culture/inclusion/tmrg-tmag/">Team Member Resource Groups</a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/">Equity

Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan</a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/">Growth and Development Fund</a></li> <li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/

benefits/general-and-entity-

benefits/#parental-leave">Parental Leave</a> </li> </ul> <p>Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-underrepresented-groups">underrepresented groups</a> 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.</p> <hr> <p><strong>Country Hiring Guidelines: </strong>GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility

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