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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience - **Company:** GitLab - **Location:** Glasgow, UK - **Salary:** £131,600.0 - £282,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** DevOps, Programming Tools, Ruby, Data Logging, Backend, Gitlab, Software Coding - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/staff-backend-engineer/gitlab-job107901722 ## About the Role * Deep experience with developer tooling, DevEx strategies, and testing frameworks at scale * Experience leading platform or transformation initiatives across multiple teams * Proven ability to influence without authority and collaborate across functions * Familiarity with DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines * Strong written and verbal communication skills in a remote-first environment * A product mindset with a passion for empowering developers * Alignment with GitLab values, especially collaboration, iteration, and transparency 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. ## Description Developer Experience currently has six, globally distributed teams of Backend Engineers and Software Engineers in Test. This role will work across the entire group to help us identify and remove the biggest points of friction that affect development at GitLab. Expect to split your time between hands-on coding in Ruby and Go, designing scalable solutions and helping every team deliver. You'll be instrumental in shaping our engineering culture across GitLab. This is a highly visible role with strong company-wide support. You'll be instrumental in shifting our culture and practices toward a cohesive Developer Experience Platform strategy-backed by buy-in and appetite for change. Some examples of our projects * Identifying and removing the source of flakiness in our tests pipelines * Introducing comprehensive test coverage reporting to guide our decisions about what and when to test * Standardizing logging libraries and documentation to make it easy for all features and components to provide consistent logs * Providing stable, configurable development environments, * Drive Technical Excellence Across Teams: Provide hands-on engineering contributions and technical leadership across six Developer Experience teams, jumping in to unblock critical work or accelerate high-impact initiatives * Champion Engineering Needs: Partner with engineering teams across GitLab to identify pain points, gather feedback, and translate day-to-day frustrations into actionable improvements for the Developer Experience roadmap * Transform Testing at Scale: Help us modernize our testing to support GitLab's growth-ensuring engineers have fast, reliable tools that catch issues early without slowing them down * Optimize CI/CD Pipelines: Reduce merge and CI friction by building workflows that deliver fast, actionable feedback-helping engineers iterate confidently and ship faster * Break Down Systemic Bottlenecks: Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Infrastructure teams to identify and eliminate the architectural and process friction that slows down development * Shape Engineering Culture: Foster a culture of continuous learning, inclusion, and improvement-where great developer experience is a shared value across the organization ## Related Videos - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [Coffee With Developers - Kyle Daigle, COO of GitHub](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/910-coffee-with-developers-kyle-daigle-coo-of-github) - [Coffee with Developers: David Heinemeier Hansson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/875-coffee-with-developers-david-heinemeier-hansson) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Enabling automated 1-click customer deployments with built-in quality and security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/83-enabling-automated-1-click-customer-deployments-with-built-in-quality-and-security) - [Recruitment Reinvented: Bold strategies and the $10K signing incentive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1068-recruitment-reinvented-bold-strategies-and-the-10k-signing-incentive) ## Related Articles - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Frontend Developer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/233-frontend-developer-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Backend Developer Salary in Germany [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/196-backend-developer-salary-in-germany-2023) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk)