Intermediate Backend Engineer, Platform Readiness

requirements knowledge base. This is a growth opportunity: you will learn the Platform Readiness team's agentic workflows,

requirements schema, and integration surfaces from other engineers and team leadership. You'll work on concrete, high-impact problems while developing expertise in platform readiness automation and AI-driven systems.

What you'll do Build and maintain agentic workflow components on the Duo Agent Platform: contribute to the Core Agentic Workflow (DAP flow) and the

Requirements Agent; write tests, documentation, and evaluations for agentic-workflow behavior Contribute to the platform

requirements knowledge base : add

requirements, evolve the schema, and improve validation tooling; work with platform teams to translate their expertise into structured

requirements Build integration surfaces that enable feature teams to engage the Platform Readiness team where they already work: issues, merge requests, design documents, and CI/CD pipelines Collaborate with platform teams (Infrastructure, Security, Data) to translate their expertise into platform readiness artifacts and domain skills Write clear and concise documentation and evaluations that validate agentic-workflow behavior and improve assessment accuracy What you'll bring Required Experience & Skills 2+ years of software engineering experience with backend focus Proficiency in TypeScript/Node, Python, or Golang Comfort reading and contributing to schemas (YAML, JSON Schema) and structured content Experience with and operational exposure to Kubernetes and reasoning about failure modes Ability to work asynchronously and communicate clearly in written form Exposure to and experience with LLM APIs, prompts, or agentic frameworks (does not need to be incredibly extensive) Highly Valued Experience Ruby familiarity Experience with GitLab-style development workflows (issues, epics, merge requests, CI/CD) Open source contributions Interest in developer experience or platform engineering What Makes You Stand Out (Strong Plus) You have hands-on experience with any agentic workflow framework (DAP, LangGraph, etc.) You've contributed to a structured

requirements or specification body and understand the challenges of evolving schemas You have observability instincts and care about measuring system behavior

About

the team The Platform Readiness team is part of GitLab Infrastructure and Developer Experience, building an internal developer tooling capability for platform readiness across GitLab's four deployment targets: Self-Managed, Dedicated, Dedicated for Government, and GitLab.com. We partner with platform teams, feature teams, and product management to ensure every feature is evaluated against platform readiness

requirements before it ships. This is a growth opportunity where you'll learn agentic workflows,

requirements schema work, and integration surface development from other engineers and team leadership. You'll contribute to high-impact work that directly improves GitLab's ability to ship features faster and more reliably across all platforms. How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being Flexible Paid Time Off Team Member Resource Groups Equity

Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan Growth and Development Fund Parental Leave 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 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. Country Hiring Guidelines: 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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