<div><p>GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/devops-platform">AI-powered DevSecOps Platform</a>, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/mission">mission</a> 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 human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining whats possible in software development. Thanks to products like <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-duo/">Duo Enterprise</a> and <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-duo-agent-platform-what-is-next-for-intelligent-devsecops/">Duo Agent Platform</a>, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC. </p> <p>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 <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/">values</a> and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI">Co-create the future with us</a> as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.</p></div><p><strong>An overview of this role</strong></p> <p>As a <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/job-families/engineering/development/backend/">Backend Engineer</a> in Security Insights, you will be working on <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/direction/security_risk_management/security-insights/vulnerability_management/">vulnerability management</a> features used daily by software engineers, application security engineers, and all the way up to CISOs. Our aim is to enable everyone to easily understand risk and mitigation of software exploits. All sizes of customers use our product offering, so this means we need to build systems that scale effectively while enabling our customers to achieve their goals efficiently.</p> <p>You will join a full stack team, working together with product managers, designers, and <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/engineering/development/frontend/">frontend engineers</a> to solve problems across the Security Insights domain.<br /><br /></p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong>  </p> <ul> <li>Develop vulnerability management features and improvements to the GitLab product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way</li> <li>Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders within Engineering to maintain a high bar for quality</li> <li>Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance</li> <li>Craft code that meets our<a href="https://docs.gitlab.com/development/contributing/style_guides/"> internal standards</a> for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment</li> <li>Conduct code reviews within our <a href="https://docs.gitlab.com/development/code_review/">Code Review Guidelines</a> and ensure community contributions receive a swift response</li> <li>Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team (technical debt), propose and implement solutions</li> <li>Confidently ship features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members; collaborate with the team on larger projects.</li> <li>Participate in<a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/on-call/"> on-call rotations</a> to assist troubleshooting product operations, security operations, and urgent engineering issues.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You’ll Bring </strong></p> <ul> <li>Significant <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/engineering/backend-engineer/#professional-experience">professional experience</a> with Ruby on Rails</li> <li>Strong experience with relational databases (postgres preferred).</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, <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#iteration">intensely iterative</a> software development process</li> <li>Effective communication skills: <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#collaboration">Regularly achieve consensus with peers</a>, provide clear and consistent status updates, with a positive and solution-oriented mindset.</li> <li>Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution</li> <li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#efficiency">Self-motivated and self-managing</a>, with strong organizational skills</li> </ul> <p><strong>About the team</strong></p> <p><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/sec/security-risk-management/security-insights/">Security Insights</a> is part of our <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/sec/security-risk-management/">Security Risk Management</a> DevSecOps stage, and is specifically responsible for the<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/direction/govern/threat_insights/vulnerability_management/#overview"> Vulnerability Management</a> category. Vulnerability management is the process of identifying, prioritizing, and tracking vulnerabilities in assets and applications. At its very simplest, vulnerability management aims to help security professionals efficiently and effectively determine what weaknesses to address in what order.</p> <p>More information about our team:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/sec/security-risk-management/security-insights/">Engineering sub-department handbook page</a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/sec/govern/sp-ti-planning/https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/sec/security-risk-management/security-insights/#milestone-planning">How we do planning</a></li> <li><a href="https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/15782">Priorities and Planning epic</a></li> </ul> <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 </a></li> <li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave">Parental leave</a> </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 youre excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.</p><div><div><div><p><em><span>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 href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/">benefits</a><span> and </span><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/">equity</a><span>. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.</span></em></p></div><div>California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range</div><div><span>$98,000</span><span>—</span><span>$210,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div><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.  </p> <p><strong>Privacy Policy: </strong>Please review our <a href="https://handbook.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 <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#equal-employment-opportunity-policy" target="_blank">GitLab’s EEO Policy</a> and <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 <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#reasonable-accommodation" target="_blank">accommodation</a>, please let us know during the <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/#adjustments-to-our-interview-process" target="_blank">recruiting process</a>.</p></div>