An overview of this roleAs a Senior Backend Engineer on our Geo team within the Core Platform subdepartment, you will work developing scalable and performant product features for three distinct product categories; Gitlab Replication, Disaster Recovery, and Backup & Restore. Furthermore, you will actively learn from the customer experience and support them with issues that they bring to our attention. These could take the form of bug reports or feature requests. Geo users are often Gitlab’s largest customers and many rely on Geo as a critical part of their workflow.Some examples of our projects:Geo ProxyGeo Self-Service FrameworkGeo-based Runner AccelerationWhat you’ll doDevelop features and improvements to the GitLab Geo product in a secure, well-tested, and performant wayWork with the Product Manager to carefully assess the technical feasibility of feature requestsDeliver proof-of-concept proposals to help guide technical discussionsIdentify ways to deliver complex technical projects in an iterative fashionTake ownership of feature implementationProvide technical advice to the Customer Support team to resolve requests from customersWhat you’ll bringSignificant professional experience with Ruby on Rails and GitExperience designing and building fault-tolerant, distributed systemsExperience building and scaling highly-available systemsExperience with queueing and messaging systemsExperience with provisioning toolsConsidered a plus is to have experience working with tools for backup and restore of: databases, app configuration, and infrastructure as code for large distributed applications.About the teamGitLab Geo is an enterprise product feature, built to distribute GitLab self-hosted deployments to different geographic locations. This is achieved by replicating the entire GitLab dataset to new locations in a coordinated, consistent, and scalable manner. Data can be accessed from any of the locations whilst intelligent proxying techniques guarantee users have access to the most recent data.Geo’s architecture addresses a number of customer problems that includes acceleration of proximity based data access and disaster recovery.How GitLab will support youBenefits to support your health, finances, and well-beingAll remote, asynchronous work environmentFlexible Paid Time OffTeam Member Resource GroupsEquity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase PlanGrowth and development budgetParental leaveHome office supportPlease note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.#J-18808-Ljbffr