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Senior Backend Engineer, Analytics Instrumentation (Golang)

GitLab · Remote, Canada; Remote, US

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
56 days
GitLab's roles stay open a median of 52 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of GitLab's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at GitLab
high
144 stale, 9 reposted of 238 open
Hiring momentum
338 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-28

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 a Senior Backend Engineer focused on Analytics Instrumentation at GitLab, you will design and develop a unified data collection platform using Golang and other technologies. Your role involves improving data quality and reliability, guiding technical design decisions, and mentoring other engineers. You will work collaboratively across teams to ensure that the data infrastructure supports product teams in making informed decisions based on user behavior.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
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

  • Significant experience working with platform or infrastructure systems in production environments
  • Strong proficiency in the Go programming language, with experience building and maintaining production services
  • Strong backend development experience, with the ability to design and deliver scalable, reliable systems serving internal and external customers
  • Experience guiding technical design and making tradeoffs across system reliability, performance at scale, data quality, and observability
  • Experience working across team boundaries with product teams, data consumers, and other internal stakeholders
  • Familiarity with cloud native technologies and open source development practices

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

  • No salary listed for Canadian residents
  • Role involves significant collaboration across teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
  • The position emphasizes the use of AI in workflows, which may require adaptability to new technologies

Summarised from GitLab's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by GitLab on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-28. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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