About the team

The Pipeline Authoring team is made up of experienced Engineers, some having worked in this area for many years and some having joined more recently. The team shares a passion for finding solutions to complex challenges that scale and are maintainable. Located across five countries and several time zones, async communication is key to our success. The team lives by GitLab’s core values and is always eager to improve. Many things in GitLab begin with a pipeline, so our team regularly interacts with other GitLab teams, community contributors and customers as we strive to create the best possible Pipeline Authoring experience.

Learn more on the Pipeline Authoring group handbook page and Pipeline Authoring Unfiltered playlist.

What you’ll do

• Write high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code while adhering to best practices and contributing to code reviews.
• Ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects.
• Advocate for improvements to reliability, security, and performance.
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team (“technical debt”), propose and implement solutions.
• Participate in agile development practices, including async planning sessions, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to drive iterative software development and continuous improvement for the team.
• Contribute to our development process by asking questions and providing feedback to make us better as a team.
• Embrace continuous learning and stay connected with industry best practices, tools, and technologies to drive improvements in our software.
• Participate in Tier 2 on-call rotations to assist troubleshooting product operations, security operations, and urgent engineering issues.

What you’ll bring

• Proficiency with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
• Proven experience writing testable code in Ruby on Rails
• Experience with Relational Database Management Systems (PostgreSQL is a plus)
• Experience with GraphQL is a plus
• An ability to self manage and organize in an asynchronous and collaborative work environment
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
• Familiarity with various stages of software development end-to-end (Agile methodologies is a plus)
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team including product managers, designers, and other engineers
• A commitment to continuous learning and openness to giving and receiving feedback as a part of fostering individual and team development

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the EU, applicable in the specified country or countries only. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary. 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 and having regard to any applicable collective agreements. The base salary range does not include bonuses, equity, or benefits.

Poland base salary range: 248,000zł- 372,000zł

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

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.

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