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Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), Plan: Spec-Driven Development

GitLab · Remote, United Kingdom

Posted about 2 months ago · Previously reposted

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
70 days
GitLab's roles stay open a median of 76 days
Reposted
Yes
taken down and listed again at least once
Salary listed
No
0% of GitLab's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at GitLab
high
229 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
2026-10-22

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 Backend Engineer on the Plan: Spec-Driven Development team at GitLab, you will lead the development of backend features that transform user intent into actionable work items and code. Your responsibilities will include building APIs, data models, and evaluation systems using Ruby on Rails and Python, while collaborating with a small, distributed team. You will also mentor other engineers and influence technical decisions, all within a remote and asynchronous work environment.

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

  • Strong Ruby on Rails experience in a large production codebase
  • Production experience with Python
  • Experience driving substantial projects with several engineers over multiple months
  • A product mindset and experience owning features end to end
  • Strong application programming interface design and structured query language fundamentals
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate across functions and regions

Nice to have

  • Experience with GraphQL
  • PostgreSQL performance at scale
  • Building and evaluating large language model or agent systems

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
  • Remote work with an asynchronous environment may require strong self-management skills
  • Early-stage work with broad ownership may involve ambiguity and fast-paced changes

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

Listed by GitLab on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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