Back End Developer

# Intermediate Backend Engineer – Database Excellence
## About the Role
GitLab is seeking an **Intermediate Backend Engineer** to join the **Database Excellence** group. This is a fully remote, all-remote position focused on developing and enhancing frameworks and tooling that keep application datastores **scalable, healthy, and secure** across GitLab.com and self-managed GitLab instances.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop your understanding of data architecture practices, and contribute to improving database and application performance in a distributed environment.
## Key Responsibilities
* Develop and enhance frameworks and tooling for application datastores.
* Help maintain scalable, healthy, and secure datastores across GitLab.com and self-managed instances.
* Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and technical teams.
* Apply and develop data architecture practices.
* Contribute to application and datastore performance improvements.
* Work effectively in a distributed, fully remote engineering environment.
## Required Qualifications
* Backend software engineering experience appropriate for an **Intermediate Backend Engineer** role.
* Experience working with application datastores.
* Ability to contribute to scalable and reliable software systems.
* Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
* Ability to work effectively in a distributed environment.
## Preferred Qualifications
The original job description does not specify additional preferred qualifications.
## Skills & Competencies
* Backend engineering
* Application datastore development and maintenance
* Scalability and performance
* Database health and reliability
* Data architecture
* Framework and tooling development
* Distributed systems and environments
* Cross-functional collaboration
* Technical problem solving
## Education & Experience
**Education:**
Not specified in the original job description.
**Experience:**
The position is identified as an **Intermediate Backend Engineer** role. Specific years of experience or detailed experience requirements are not specified in the provided job description.
## Work Arrangement & Schedule
* **Work Arrangement:** Fully remote / all-remote
* **Location:** Remote; no specific geographic location is provided in the supplied description.
* **Employment Type:** Not specified in the original job description.
* **Posted:** September 19, 2026
## Compensation & Benefits
Compensation and benefits are not specified in the provided job description.
## Company & Team
GitLab's **Database Excellence** group focuses on the frameworks, tooling, and practices needed to support scalable, healthy, and safe application datastores across GitLab.com and self-managed instances. The role provides an opportunity to collaborate across teams and contribute to database performance and data architecture in a distributed environment.

Work arrangement
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