Intermediate Backend Engineer, Ruby – Durability

GitLab

full-time

Posted on: 9/12/2025

Origin: • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Mid-LevelSenior

AnsibleAWSAzureChefCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesRubySDLCTerraform

About the role

Design and develop reliable backup and restore solutions from the ground up using Ruby, creating universal CLI tooling that works across multiple cloud and on-premise environments.
Build scalable data protection systems to support current and future GitLab deployments of all sizes.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and Infrastructure teams to integrate backup solutions seamlessly into the GitLab ecosystem.
Participate in incident response when backup/restore systems are involved and contribute to incident reviews with a development perspective.
Act as a subject matter expert on data durability, backup strategies, and restore mechanisms within GitLab.
Continuously improve and optimize backup and restore performance, reliability, and user experience.
Contribute to automation and tooling that enable scaling and enterprise-level reliability for large single-tenant SaaS deployments.

Strong programming skills in Ruby with experience building CLI tools and distributed systems.
Experience with multiple cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and understanding of their storage and backup services.
Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Ansible, Terraform, Chef, etc. for managing infrastructure.
Understanding of Kubernetes and containerized backup solutions.
Ability to design systems that work reliably across diverse deployment environments.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think systematically about data protection challenges.
Ability to be a manager of one with a bias for action and continuous improvement.
Independent, proactive, and self-organized mindset with excellent asynchronous communication skills.
Excitement about building developer tools and solving complex distributed systems challenges.