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Backend Engineer, Knowledge Graph (Rust)

1 hour, 45 minutes ago
United States, Canada
Full-time
Mid Level
Backend Engineer
Software Development
ClickHouse Go GraphQL Kafka Microservices NATS REST API Ruby Rust TypeScript Vue.js
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Description

  • Implement and iterate on backend features in the Rust-based Knowledge Graph service, including query engine, indexing flows, and MCP/API endpoints.
  • Maintain integrations between Knowledge Graph and other GitLab systems such as GitLab Rails, the Data Insights Platform, and the GitLab Duo Agent Platform.
  • Contribute to system design discussions by proposing options, asking questions, and documenting architectural decisions.
  • Improve operational readiness through metrics, logging, runbooks, alerts, and other reliability tasks.
  • Participate in on-call rotation as appropriate for the role and experience level.
  • Collaborate asynchronously with product, data, infrastructure, security, and AI partners to define scope and ship features safely.
  • Use AI-assisted development workflows responsibly and share effective practices with the team.
  • Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and pairing to maintain consistent engineering standards.
  • Contribute across the stack when needed, including occasional Ruby work or small frontend changes related to Knowledge Graph features.

Requirements

  • Professional experience building and maintaining backend systems in production.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern backend language and strong interest in Rust.
  • Prior Rust experience or clear evidence of the ability to ramp quickly in a Rust-first codebase.
  • Exposure to distributed data or analytics systems, such as OLAP databases, NATS/Kafka-style messaging, or CDC pipelines, or strong motivation to learn them.
  • Interest in graph data modeling and query patterns, including property graphs, multi-step traversals, and aggregations.
  • Practical experience or strong interest in using AI tools in day-to-day development.
  • A language-agnostic mindset with the ability to pick up new languages and frameworks such as Ruby, Go, or TypeScript/Vue.
  • Solid system design fundamentals, including trade-off reasoning and alignment with architectural decisions.
  • Comfort working in a low-process, high-ownership environment.
  • Strong written communication and comfort collaborating asynchronously across time zones in an all-remote team.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $98,000 to $210,000 USD for the listed US level.
  • Flexible Paid Time Off.
  • Equity compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Growth and Development Fund.
  • Parental leave.
  • Home office support.
  • Benefits to support health, finances, and well-being.
  • Remote work as a standard arrangement, with roles available across countries and time zones.

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