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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 8 days GitLab's roles stay open a median of 41 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of GitLab's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at GitLab
- low 0 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
- 2026-09-17
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 on the Trusted Agentic Development team at GitLab, you will focus on developing validation mechanisms for software generated by AI agents. Your responsibilities include prototyping feedback systems, designing approaches for various programming languages, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance trust and validation quality in agent-generated software. This role emphasizes building systems that ensure the reliability of AI-generated code and improving the overall developer experience.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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
- Deep, current, hands-on experience building real software with artificial intelligence agents across more than one language
- Strong understanding of the validation gap in AI-generated code
- Technical ability to design systems rather than just tune a single framework
- Experience prototyping to learn and shipping code
- Ability to influence engineers across an organization through working code and sound reasoning
- Strong written communication skills in an all-remote, asynchronous environment
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 specific mention of technologies beyond Rust, Ruby, and Go
- Role is not focused on quality assurance or test automation, which may limit some candidates
- Base salary range provided, but does not include bonuses or equity
Summarised from GitLab's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by GitLab on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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