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Intermediate Backend Engineer - Database Change Management

GitLab · Bangalore, India

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
GitLab's roles stay open a median of 99 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of GitLab's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at GitLab
high
238 stale, 9 reposted of 238 open
Hiring momentum
94 roles opened in the last 90 days
↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-11-14

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from GitLab's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for GitLab.

About this role

As an Intermediate Backend Engineer at GitLab, you will focus on enhancing the database upgrade experience for both GitLab.com and self-managed customers. Your daily tasks will involve building and testing systems for applying database schema changes, developing testing frameworks, and implementing checks to ensure smooth upgrades. You'll collaborate with various teams to document procedures and improve the reliability of the upgrade process, all while working in a remote, asynchronous environment.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of GitLab as an employer.

What you need

  • Professional software engineering experience working with PostgreSQL in large, complex production environments, including schema migrations and performance tuning.
  • Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, with experience designing, implementing, and reviewing backend features and services.
  • Ability to reason about software design, algorithms, and system-level trade-offs, particularly regarding reliability, safety, and backward compatibility in production upgrades.
  • Strong written communication skills and comfort working asynchronously in an all-remote, distributed team.
  • Self-directed work style with effective organizational skills and the ability to manage priorities as a 'manager of one.'
  • Alignment with GitLab's values, including transparency, teamwork, inclusion, and contribution to open source practices.

Nice to have

  • Experience working with operations or infrastructure teams, or willingness to learn how to effectively work across organizational boundaries.

What you get

  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund
  • Parental Leave

Worth weighing

  • Remote work environment may require strong self-management skills.
  • Role involves working with complex production environments, which may present challenges in reliability and safety during upgrades.

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Listed by GitLab on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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