Software Engineer

GitLab
UK
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
1 year minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Ruby on Rails Ruby Large Language Models Gitlab Devsecops

Job description

This work is central to how GitLab delivers AI-powered automation on repositories. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own features end to end, from design through delivery, building agentic experiences on top of the Duo Agent Platform., * Own the design and delivery of features end to end across DAP onboarding and repository/background flows.

  • Build autonomous and scheduled agents that operate on customer codebases, building on top of the Duo Agent Platform.
  • Improve the DAP onboarding experience so customers can get a project configured and productive quickly.
  • Collaborate with engineers across the DAP organization on shared interfaces and patterns.
  • Review designs and code, and contribute to the team’s technical quality.
  • Contribute to a culture of autonomy, ownership, high context sharing, and async-first collaboration., The DAP Repository Flows team is part of GitLab’s broader Duo Agent Platform organization, within the AI/R&D group. The team is small and distributed, with plans to grow. We value autonomy, ownership, and high context sharing, and we work async-first through GitLab issues and Slack. Remote-Global

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Requirements

  • Strong, hands-on experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails in production systems.
  • Experience integrating LLMs into products (product integration, not ML model training).
  • Experience building agentic systems: autonomous or semi-autonomous agents that take actions on a user’s behalf.
  • A track record of designing and shipping features independently in a collaborative team.
  • Strong written communication and the ability to operate effectively in a distributed, async-first environment.

About the company

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. 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.

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 values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

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