Intermediate Backend Engineer, SRM: Security Platform Management

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As an Intermediate Backend Engineer on our next-generation Security Platform Management team, you will help build GitLab’s enterprise security solutions from the ground up. You’ll design and develop greenfield backend services that close competitive gaps and position GitLab as a single platform for enterprise security, directly shaping how thousands of organizations understand and manage their security posture at scale. Working closely with a distributed team of 8 engineers, a Product Manager, and a UX designer across the US, Israel, and India, you’ll own critical backend systems and APIs that power capabilities like a new Security Manager role system, asset inventory with posture sharing, logical asset gathering with statistics, and unified configuration for GitLab’s security tools. Some examples of our projects: Building a new Security Manager role system to centralize and streamline security administration Creating assets inventory and posture sharing capabilities, including logical asset gathering and unified configuration for all GitLab security tools What you’ll do Design and develop next-generation Security Platform Management capabilities that strengthen GitLab’s enterprise security offering Build and optimize scalable backend services and data models in Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL for large volumes of security data Develop and maintain robust REST and GraphQL APIs that power security workflows across the GitLab platform Collaborate with Infrastructure, Policies, and Security Insights teams to deliver cross-functional security features end to end Implement and refine unified configuration mechanisms for GitLab’s suite of security tools to simplify management at scale Work within focused, feature-specific squads to deliver high-impact, well-tested functionality with minimal context switching Contribute to technical design decisions, code reviews, and standards that shape the architecture of GitLab’s security platform What you’ll bring Proficiency in backend development with Ruby on Rails, including building and maintaining production services Experience designing and optimizing PostgreSQL schemas and queries for large-scale data Experience building and maintaining REST and GraphQL APIs that integrate with complex products or platforms Familiarity with Git-based workflows and continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), ideally using GitLab Knowledge of Elasticsearch and NoSQL database technologies, or interest in learning and applying them Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional teams with product management and design Ab ... (truncated, view full listing at source)