<div class="content-intro"><p>The GitLab&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/devops-platform/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/devops-platform/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">DevSecOps platform</a>&nbsp;empowers 100,000+ organizations to deliver software faster and more efficiently. We are one of the&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">world’s largest all-remote companies</a>&nbsp;with 2,000+ team members and&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">values</a>&nbsp;that foster a culture where people embrace the belief that everyone can contribute. Learn more about&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="https://vimeo.com/778157354" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://vimeo.com/778157354" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">Life at GitLab</a>.</p></div><h4><strong>An overview of this role</strong></h4>
<p>This<a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/job-families/engineering/backend-engineer"> Backend Engineer</a> position for our<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/"> Verify: Runner group</a> is 100% remote.</p>
<p>As a Backend Engineer in our<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/"> Verify: Runner group</a>, you'll play a key role on a team whose mission it is to create a build agent that works seamlessly on tomorrow's market-leading computing platforms and the tools to eliminate CI build fleet operational complexity at an enterprise scale. The features in our Verify: Runner group allow our customers to run their GitLab CI operations on a variety of platforms and ecosystems.</p>
<p>Our Verify: Runner group is primarily responsible for the GitLab-Runner. The GitLab-Runner is the interface between the rest of GitLab and a user's CI infrastructure. Whether CI is running on a cluster of Raspberry Pi’s, a super-computer, or, as in the case with GitLab.com, thousands of virtual machines running in the cloud - it’s the GitLab-Runner that makes this happen. Each week GitLab-Runners process millions of jobs for GitLab.com, and our docker images are downloaded 100s-of-millions of times.</p>
<p><strong>What you’ll do</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>Contribute to the<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/direction/verify/#gitlab-runner-core"> overall direction of GitLab-Runner development.</a></li>
<li>Focus your efforts on GitLab-Runner scalability</li>
<li>Help scale the infrastructure of the GitLab-Runners powering GitLab.com.</li>
<li>Solve technical problems of medium scope and complexity.</li>
<li>Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.</li>
<li>Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions.</li>
<li>Confidently ship moderately sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.</li>
<li>Collaborate with the team on larger projects.</li>
<li>Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>You should apply if you bring&nbsp;</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Professional experience with Go in a large scale environment.</li>
<li>Experience in scaling SaaS products.</li>
<li>Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.</li>
<li>Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions.</li>
<li>Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems.</li>
<li>Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to onboard and integrate with an organization long-term.</li>
<li>Positive and solution-oriented mindset.</li>
<li>Effective communication skills: Regularly achieve consensus with peers and clear status updates.</li>
<li>An inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility.</li>
<li>Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills.</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization</li>
<li>Share our values, and work in accordance with those values</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>You’ll stand out if you bring</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Demonstrated experience with any major cloud providers or infrastructure-as-code tools.</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience working with Docker and Kubernetes.</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience with site reliability</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>About the team</strong></p>
<p>Check out the team handbook page to find out more about <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/#team-members">who we are</a>, the <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/#projects-we-maintain">projects we maintain</a>, and <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/#how-we-work">how we work</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-9NoWDeaI">16.9 Release Kickoff Video</a> or take a look at the <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/direction/verify/runner_core/">&nbsp;Verify: Runner direction page</a> to get a feel for what the team is working on.</p>
<h4><strong>How GitLab will support you</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/">Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being</a></li>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/">All remote</a>, <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchronous/">asynchronous</a> work environment</li>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/paid-time-off/">Flexible Paid Time Off</a></li>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/erg-guide/#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20TMRG%20%2D%20Team%20Member%20Resource%20Groups,-TMRGs%20are%20voluntary&amp;text=The%20purpose%20for%20this%20type,developing%20the%20sense%20of%20belonging.">Team Member Resource Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/">Equity Compensation &amp; Employee Stock Purchase Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#growth-and-development-benefit">Growth and development budget&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave">Parental leave</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/finance/procurement/office-equipment-supplies/">Home office</a> support</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>
<p>To view the full job description and its compensation calculator, view our handbook. The compensation calculator can be found towards the bottom of the page.</p>
<p>Additional details about our process can be found on our<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/" target="_blank">&nbsp;hiring page</a>.</p>
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<div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: white;">Remote-Global</span></span></div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><em><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style="font-size:12px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Arial';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;">The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. 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, and alignment with market data. See more information on our </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/" data-sheets-formula-bar-text-link="https://bit.ly/GLBeneUS" data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style="font-size:12px;color:#1155cc;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:''Arial'';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;">benefits</a><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style="font-size:12px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Arial';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;"> and </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/" data-sheets-formula-bar-text-link="https://bit.ly/GLequity" data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style="font-size:12px;color:#1155cc;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:''Arial'';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;">equity</a><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style="font-size:12px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Arial';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;">. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.</span></em></p></div><div class="title">California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington pay range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$98,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$210,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><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 requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Privacy Policy: </strong>Please review our <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/candidate/faq/recruitment-privacy-policy/" target="_blank">Recruitment Privacy Policy.</a> Your privacy is important to us.</p>
<p>GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also&nbsp;<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#equal-employment-opportunity-policy" target="_blank">GitLab’s EEO Policy</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/labor-and-employment-notices/#eeoc-us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-notices" target="_blank">EEO is the Law</a>. If you have a disability or special need that requires&nbsp;<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#reasonable-accommodation" target="_blank">accommodation</a>, please let us know during the&nbsp;<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/#adjustments-to-our-interview-process" target="_blank">recruiting process</a>.</p></div>

The GitLab [DevSecOps platform](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/devops-
platform/) empowers 100,000+ organizations to deliver software faster and more
efficiently. We are one of the [world’s largest all-remote
companies](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/) with
2,000+ team members and [values](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/)
that foster a culture where people embrace the belief that everyone can
contribute. Learn more about [Life at GitLab](https://vimeo.com/778157354).

####  **An overview of this role**

This[ Backend Engineer](https://handbook.gitlab.com/job-
families/engineering/backend-engineer) position for our[ Verify: Runner
group](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/)
is 100% remote.

As a Backend Engineer in our[ Verify: Runner
group](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/),
you'll play a key role on a team whose mission it is to create a build agent
that works seamlessly on tomorrow's market-leading computing platforms and the
tools to eliminate CI build fleet operational complexity at an enterprise
scale. The features in our Verify: Runner group allow our customers to run
their GitLab CI operations on a variety of platforms and ecosystems.

Our Verify: Runner group is primarily responsible for the GitLab-Runner. The
GitLab-Runner is the interface between the rest of GitLab and a user's CI
infrastructure. Whether CI is running on a cluster of Raspberry Pi’s, a super-
computer, or, as in the case with GitLab.com, thousands of virtual machines
running in the cloud - it’s the GitLab-Runner that makes this happen. Each
week GitLab-Runners process millions of jobs for GitLab.com, and our docker
images are downloaded 100s-of-millions of times.

**What you’ll do**  

  * Contribute to the[ overall direction of GitLab-Runner development.](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/verify/#gitlab-runner-core)
  * Focus your efforts on GitLab-Runner scalability
  * Help scale the infrastructure of the GitLab-Runners powering GitLab.com.
  * Solve technical problems of medium scope and complexity.
  * Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.
  * Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions.
  * Confidently ship moderately sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.
  * Collaborate with the team on larger projects.
  * Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.

**You should apply if you bring  **

  * Professional experience with Go in a large scale environment.
  * Experience in scaling SaaS products.
  * Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
  * Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions.
  * 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.
  * Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills.
  * Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization
  * Share our values, and work in accordance with those values

**You’ll stand out if you bring**

  * Demonstrated experience with any major cloud providers or infrastructure-as-code tools.
  * Demonstrated experience working with Docker and Kubernetes.
  * Demonstrated experience with site reliability

**About the team**

Check out the team handbook page to find out more about [who we
are](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/#team-
members), the [projects we
maintain](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/#projects-
we-maintain), and [how we
work](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/#how-
we-work).  

Watch the [16.9 Release Kickoff
Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-9NoWDeaI) or take a look at the [
Verify: Runner direction
page](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/verify/runner_core/) to get a feel
for what the team is working on.

#### **How GitLab will support you**

  * [Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/)
  * [All remote](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/), [asynchronous](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchronous/) work environment
  * [Flexible Paid Time Off](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/paid-time-off/)
  * [Team Member Resource Groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/erg-guide/#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20TMRG%20%2D%20Team%20Member%20Resource%20Groups,-TMRGs%20are%20voluntary&text=The%20purpose%20for%20this%20type,developing%20the%20sense%20of%20belonging.)
  * [Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/)
  * [Growth and development budget ](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#growth-and-development-benefit)
  * [Parental leave](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave) 
  * [Home office](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/finance/procurement/office-equipment-supplies/) support

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](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-
select-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.

To view the full job description and its compensation calculator, view our
handbook. The compensation calculator can be found towards the bottom of the
page.

Additional details about our process can be found on our[ hiring
page](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/).



Remote-Global

 _The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for
residents of listed locations only. 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,
and alignment with market data. See more information on
our[benefits](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-
rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/) and
[equity](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/). Sales roles are
also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base
salary._

California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington pay range

$98,000--$210,000 USD

* * *

**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 requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team
can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting
process.  

**Privacy Policy:** Please review our [Recruitment Privacy
Policy.](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/candidate/faq/recruitment-
privacy-policy/) Your privacy is important to us.

GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative
action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment,
employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are
based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex
(including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or
gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental
or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical
history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which
includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime
or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any
other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or
harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also [GitLab’s EEO
Policy](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#equal-
employment-opportunity-policy) and [EEO is the
Law](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/labor-and-employment-notices/#eeoc-us-
equal-employment-opportunity-commission-notices). If you have a disability or
special need that requires
[accommodation](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-
usa/#reasonable-accommodation), please let us know during the [recruiting
process](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/#adjustments-
to-our-interview-process).

