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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><h4><strong>An overview of this role</strong></h4> <p>As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the Authorization team at GitLab, youll build the critical systems that determine who can access what across the entire GitLab platform—impacting millions of users from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. This role focuses on architecting and implementing GitLabs next-generation Authorization infrastructure, including policy-as-code systems, fine-grained permissions, and performance optimization at massive scale..</p> <p>Your contributions will directly enable GitLabs evolution toward zero-trust architecture while ensuring authorization decisions remain fast, secure, and correct.</p> <p>This is a unique opportunity to solve authorization challenges at global scale while working with cutting-edge authorization frameworks and modern policy languages.</p> <h4><strong>What Youll Do</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Implement fine-grained permission systems for Job Tokens, Personal Access Tokens, Duo agent platform and other authentication mechanisms</li> <li>Collaborate with Security, Database, and Platform teams on the new Auth stack initiative</li> <li>Solve complex performance challenges including authorization query optimization, caching strategies, and database decomposition</li> <li>Design authorization systems that work seamlessly across multiple deployment models and multi-tenant architectures</li> <li>Advocate for improvements to authorization security, maintainability, and developer experience through code review and technical leadership</li> <li>Contribute to architectural decisions for authorization features with a 12-month+ strategic view</li> <li>Mentor team members on authorization patterns, policy languages, and secure coding practices</li> </ul> <h4><strong>What Youll Bring</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Significant professional experience with Ruby on Rails and Vue.js in production environments</li> <li>Strong understanding of authorization concepts: RBAC (Role-Based Access Control), ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control), and fine-grained access control patterns</li> <li>Experience with high-scale backend systems that handle millions of requests per day</li> <li>Deep knowledge of database optimization, particularly PostgreSQL performance tuning and query optimization</li> <li>Familiarity with policy-based authorization systems or strong interest in learning Cedar, Rego, or similar policy languages</li> <li>Understanding of security principles including threat modeling, least-privilege access, and zero-trust architectures</li> <li>Experience with distributed systems, caching strategies, and service-to-service communication</li> <li>Proven ability to own complex technical initiatives from design through production deployment</li> <li>Strong collaboration skills for working across multiple engineering teams in an asynchronous, remote environment</li> <li>Comfort working in a highly agile, iterative development process with focus on shipping value incrementally</li> </ul> <h4><strong>About the team</strong></h4> <p>The<a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/sec/software-supply-chain-security/authorization/"> Authorization team</a> is responsible for building and maintaining GitLabs permission systems to be more secure, scalable, and flexible. Were currently executing a major authorization systems redesign that will fundamentally transform how authorization works across GitLab.</p> <p>The team works closely with:</p> <ul> <li>Authentication &amp; Product Security teams for integrated identity and access management</li> <li>Database team for query optimization and data model design</li> <li>Security team for threat modeling and security architecture reviews</li> </ul><div><div><div><p><em>The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the roles base salary rate in locations throughout the US. 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, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our <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>. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.</em></p></div><div>United States Salary Range</div><div><span>$117,600</span><span>—</span><span>$252,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div><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://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/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://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/">Equity Compensation &amp; Employee Stock Purchase Plan</a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/">Growth and Development Fund</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://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/finance/expenses/#equipment">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> <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. 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