Remote Backend Services Engineer

Work remotely across Canada on GitLab repository services, combining backend fundamentals, service ownership, and clear asynchronous communication. Use AI responsibly.

This Intermediate Backend Engineer role focuses on features and improvements from clarification through production follow-up. You will build APIs, background jobs, integrations, and bounded service functionality. The work includes partnering with Product Management, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Security to improve shared backend code and services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take backend features from requirements through production delivery
• Design and maintain APIs, jobs, integrations, and services
• Write maintainable, secure, observable, performant production code
• Investigate build, deployment, test, and runtime failures
• Use AI tools and validate generated code carefully

Requirements:

• Experience shipping production backend applications professionally
• Strong database, API, testing, debugging, and performance fundamentals
• Ability to own features independently and seek input appropriately
• Understanding of modular boundaries and coupling consequences
• Effective collaboration in remote asynchronous environments

Bring service ownership, backend fundamentals, operational judgment, and written communication to GitLab’s remote repository services work.