Senior Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity at GitLab

Department: Architecture Engineering

Language

Compensation

$139,200 – $235,200/yr

Setup: Remote - Canada
Location: Oregon
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Aug 6, 2026

Description

GitLab is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for its Nonlinear Productivity team to identify friction in the software development lifecycle and build reliable AI-powered automation, including agentic workflows, tool use, guardrails, evaluation tools, and distributed systems. The role requires hands-on experience with agentic or large language model-based systems, autonomous work in unfamiliar codebases, distributed systems knowledge, and proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python. It is a remote-global position with a United States base salary range of $139,200 to $235,200 USD.

Required Skills

Agentic systems
Distributed systems
Go
Rust
Python

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Hands-on experience building agentic or large language model-based systems
Experience working autonomously in unfamiliar codebases
Strong distributed systems knowledge
Proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python
Preferred Qualifications: Experience shipping autonomous agents that complete real tasks
Experience improving build systems, release processes, or review workflows
Experience working with globally distributed teams
Experience with large language model workload costs
Experience with production constraints across on-premises, air-gapped, single-tenant, and software-as-a-service deployments
Translation Company Name: GitLab