Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work across two important areas for GitLab Security: the data layer behind our vulnerability and dependency management capabilities, and our move toward services outside the GitLab monolith. You’ll design and develop systems that ingest, store, index, and query security report data, including integrations with key third-party systems. With a strong focus on PostgreSQL and scalable backend design, your work will support security features that teams across GitLab deliver.

You’ll own significant parts of larger deliverables from design through delivery. You’ll shape the approach with your tech lead, drive execution and decisions within your scope, and stay hands-on across GitLab’s Ruby on Rails application and newer services, including greenfield projects. You’ll also grow into a domain expert on the database systems that underpin this suite.

What you’ll do

• Own significant components of larger deliverables, from technical design through delivery, and deliver iteratively within GitLab’s monthly release cycle by showing progress and raising constraints early.
• Design and develop backend systems for vulnerability and dependency management, including security report ingestion, storage, indexing, querying, and integrations with key third-party systems.
• Build and improve systems using Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL, and contribute to newer services using technologies such as Go or Rust where appropriate.
• Develop deep PostgreSQL expertise by improving queries and schemas as the data behind vulnerability management continues to grow.
• Collaborate directly with product, design, frontend, and engineering partners on decisions within your scope.
• Contribute to technical plans and design discussions, and support other engineers through reviews, pairing, and clear documentation.
• Apply a security mindset when designing systems, including how GitLab identifies and handles malicious or vulnerable software packages.
• Contribute to GitLab’s move toward modular services as the team establishes these patterns for GitLab Security., LinkedIn Profile Are you subject to any employment agreements and/or post-employment restrictions with your current employer or a past employer?* Select… It is important to us to create an accessible and inclusive interview experience. Please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make to assist you during the hiring and interview process. What is your GitLab username? What is your current country of residence?* Select… Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for a visa to remain in your current location?* Select… How many years of professional software engineering experience do you have?* Select… This role is based in Bangalore. Which of the following describes you?* Select… Do you have hands-on production experience with PostgreSQL at scale (query optimization, schema design, or large dataset performance)?* Select… Describe the most complex PostgreSQL performance or scale problem you’ve solved? Which best describes your experience with security/vulnerability domains?* Select… Describe any experience you have working with vulnerability, dependency, or security scan data.

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• Professional backend engineering experience delivering production features and components at scale, with clear ownership of outcomes rather than tasks.
• Hands-on PostgreSQL experience, including query profiling and optimization, indexing, and schema design decisions, with an interest in growing into a domain expert.
• You have professional experience with Ruby on Rails, Go, or Python; are comfortable working in Ruby on Rails day to day; and are interested in working across languages and services.
• Evidence of guiding peers through complex work or independently carrying out a delivery plan.
• The ability to collaborate with a range of partners and explain technical tradeoffs clearly.
• A self-directed approach with proactive communication about decisions, progress, and blockers.
• Experience using security tooling for vulnerability triage and remediation, or building vulnerability management, dependency management, or related security products.
• Fluency using artificial intelligence tools to improve delivery while applying sound engineering judgment. Experience with large monoliths is helpful.

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