GitLab
Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Security Risk Management: Security Platform Management
Job Summary
The role involves designing and developing enterprise security solutions within GitLab’s ASPM team, focusing on building scalable backend systems and robust APIs for security data management. Candidates should have experience with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, REST API, GraphQL, and relevant security and database technologies, with an emphasis on greenfield development. The team values autonomous contributors who can collaborate across disciplines to shape the future of enterprise security posture management. This position offers remote work and a range of benefits supporting health, growth, and flexibility.
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Job Description
GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab.
Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise, and Duo Workflow, customers get the benefit of AI at every stage of the SDLC. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier. All team members are encouraged and expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact across our global organization.
An overview of this role
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our next-generation Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) team and help build enterprise security solutions from the ground up. You'll be architecting critical greenfield projects that close competitive gaps and establish GitLab as the single-stop-shop for enterprise security. Working with a collaborative team of 7 engineers, 1 PM, and 1 UX designer distributed across the US, Israel, and India, you'll have the opportunity to shape how thousands of organizations secure their applications at scale.
Our team is tackling high-profile initiatives including building a new Security Manager role system, creating assets inventory capabilities with security posture sharing, implementing logical asset gathering with statistics, and developing a unified configuration mechanism for all GitLab security tools. These are complex, impactful projects that will define the future of enterprise security posture management.
You can read all about our security solutions here - GitLab Security Solutions.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop next-generation ASPM capabilities
- Build scalable backend systems for enterprise-scale security data
- Create robust APIs that power GitLab's expanding security offering
- Collaborate with Infrastructure, Policies, and Security Insights teams on cross-functional initiatives
- Architect greenfield solutions for Security Manager role system and Assets inventory capabilities
- Implement unified configuration mechanisms for GitLab's comprehensive security tool suite
- Work in feature-specific squads to minimize context switching and maximize impact
- Contribute to technical decisions that shape GitLab's security platform architecture
What You'll Bring
- Strong experience with Ruby on Rails
- Expertise in PostgreSQL database design and optimization
- Proficiency in REST API and GraphQL development
- Experience with Git and GitLab CI/CD workflows
- Knowledge of Elasticsearch and NoSQL database technologies
- Track record of delivering high-quality software in collaborative environments
- Ability to work autonomously while contributing to team success
- Passion for building secure, scalable enterprise solutions
About the team
Our ASPM team is at the forefront of GitLab's security innovation, building entirely new capabilities that help enterprises better understand and manage their security posture. We're a growing team actively hiring for multiple positions, reflecting the strategic importance of our mission. The team operates with high autonomy while maintaining close collaboration with our PM and UX designer, organizing into feature-specific squads to deliver maximum impact. What makes us unique is our focus on greenfield development - you'll be creating new solutions rather than maintaining legacy systems, with the exciting challenge of defining how enterprise security posture management works at global scale.
How GitLab will support you
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- All remote, asynchronous work environment
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental leave
- Home office 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 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.
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 and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.
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.
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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 and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.
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