Fullstack Engineer (RoR/vue.js), Software Supply Chain Security AuthorizationGitlab

GitLab
San Francisco, United States of America
17 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 252K

Job location

Tech stack

User Authentication
Code Review
Computer Security
Databases
Distributed Systems
Identity and Access Management
PostgreSQL
Performance Tuning
Query Optimization
Ruby on Rails
Role-Based Access Control
Secure Coding
Database Optimization
Backend
Gitlab
Vue.js

Job description

  • Implement fine-grained permission systems for Job Tokens, Personal Access Tokens, Duo agent platform and other authentication mechanisms
  • Collaborate with Security, Database, and Platform teams on the new Auth stack initiative
  • Solve complex performance challenges including authorization query optimization, caching strategies, and database decomposition
  • Design authorization systems that work seamlessly across multiple deployment models and multi-tenant architectures
  • Advocate for improvements to authorization security, maintainability, and developer experience through code review and technical leadership
  • Contribute to architectural decisions for authorization features with a 12-month+ strategic view
  • Mentor team members on authorization patterns, policy languages, and secure coding practices, The Authorization team is responsible for building and maintaining GitLab's permission systems to be more secure, scalable, and flexible. We're currently executing a major authorization systems redesign that will fundamentally transform how authorization works across GitLab.

The team works closely with:

  • Authentication & Product Security teams for integrated identity and access management
  • Database team for query optimization and data model design
  • Security team for threat modeling and security architecture reviews

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 role's 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 benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary. United States Salary Range$117,600-$252,000 USD

Requirements

  • Significant professional experience with Ruby on Rails and Vue.js in production environments
  • Strong understanding of authorization concepts: RBAC (Role-Based Access Control), ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control), and fine-grained access control patterns
  • Experience with high-scale backend systems that handle millions of requests per day
  • Deep knowledge of database optimization, particularly PostgreSQL performance tuning and query optimization
  • Familiarity with policy-based authorization systems or strong interest in learning Cedar, Rego, or similar policy languages
  • Understanding of security principles including threat modeling, least-privilege access, and zero-trust architectures
  • Experience with distributed systems, caching strategies, and service-to-service communication
  • Proven ability to own complex technical initiatives from design through production deployment
  • Strong collaboration skills for working across multiple engineering teams in an asynchronous, remote environment
  • Comfort working in a highly agile, iterative development process with focus on shipping value incrementally

Benefits & conditions

  • 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
  • Home office support

About the company

GitLab is the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform for software innovation. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. 

More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

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