Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Enablement
GitLab · Remote, United States
About this role
**GitLab — Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Enablement** GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps—helping organizations increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. In this role, you’ll help engineering teams adopt and own performance testing and analysis. You’ll build platforms, tooling, guidance, and AI-assisted workflows that help teams identify performance risks during development and before changes reach production. ## Role overview We’re moving from a hands-on consulting model to a self-service model. Service teams own their performance tests, analysis, thresholds, and evidence. We provide the “paved road” (documentation, skills, and expert support) for challenging problems and new capabilities. This is a backend and platform engineering role with room to grow in scope and influence. You’ll shape how Performance Enablement supports engineering teams, using AI thoughtfully to accelerate design, implementation, testing, debugging, documentation, and automation. ## What you’ll do - Build and evolve reusable backend platforms and tooling for performance testing and analysis. - Create self-service workflows, documentation, templates, diagnostics, and AI skills that reduce the need for bespoke support. - Apply AI to accelerate implementation, testing, debugging, and technical documentation. - Influence engineering teams to make performance testing part of normal development and release preparation. - Turn early hands-on engagements into generalized capabilities many teams can adopt independently. - Provide technical expertise for difficult performance questions, tooling enhancements, and new platform capabilities. ## What you’ll bring - Experience building backend or platform software. - Experience building internal platforms or developer-facing tooling. - Experience partnering with development teams to improve day-to-day workflows. - Experience using development practices that apply AI across the software lifecycle. - Experience with software performance (analysis, optimization, benchmarking, or leading performance improvements). - Practical experience with Kubernetes, k6, and Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud infrastructure. - Experience building durable solutions that support broad adoption using systems thinking. - Clear written communication and the ability to influence teams without direct authority. ## About the team Performance Enablement is part of Platform Enablement within Developer Experience and Infrastructure Platforms. The team helps GitLab teams make performance part of the software lifecycle. The goal is shared responsibility: service-owning teams own performance, while the team provides a strong platform and center of expertise when help is needed. Work is asynchronous, collaboration is broad across research and development, and the focus is on capabilities that scale beyond individual engagements. ## United States salary range (base) **$156,800 – $235,200 USD** *Base salary range shown is for U.S. residents only and excludes bonuses, equity, and benefits.* ## How GitLab supports full-time employees - Benefits to support health, finances, and well-being - Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) - Team Member Resource Groups - Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Growth and Development Fund - Parental Leave GitLab welcomes candidates with varying levels of exp
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