Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms

1 hour, 46 minutes ago
GitLab

GitLab

GitLab: The comprehensive DevOps platform revolutionizing software development with automation, AI workflows, and essential tools for efficient collaboration.

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K
Founded 2014

Description

  • Own and drive architectural direction for critical infrastructure platforms operating at global scale.
  • Lead the design and evolution of large platforms and distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient.
  • Serve as the technical authority on complex initiatives that affect multiple teams and product areas.
  • Translate business and product strategy into long-term technical roadmaps and execution plans.
  • Drive alignment across engineering, product, and leadership by communicating tradeoffs and recommendations clearly.
  • Establish technical standards and architectural patterns that improve quality and consistency across the organization.
  • Be accountable for production outcomes, including reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence technical direction without direct authority.
  • Operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces where both the problem and solution must be defined.
  • Collaborate across infrastructure, platform, and delivery teams to shape scalable systems and delivery processes.

Requirements

  • Proven experience designing and evolving large-scale platforms or distributed systems in cloud-native environments.
  • Strong proficiency in Golang and/or Ruby, with the ability to contribute to and review production codebases.
  • Strong architectural judgment balancing scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost.
  • Experience owning platform-level technical decisions that impacted multiple teams or an engineering domain.
  • Solid understanding of Kubernetes-based production environments and their operational implications.
  • Experience being accountable for production systems, not just design recommendations.
  • Ability to author and drive long-term technical strategy and multi-month roadmaps.
  • Track record of leading through influence and shaping technical direction without direct authority.
  • Comfort making high-impact technical decisions, including build vs. buy vs. partner tradeoffs.
  • Strong communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Preferred: experience with multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure, distributed system hardening, or delivery platforms such as CI, packaging, and release systems.
  • Preferred: experience with GitLab’s focus areas such as Cells, Organizations, OrgMover, developer experience tooling, or automation at scale.

Benefits

  • United States base salary range of $171,400 to $367,200 USD.
  • Flexible Paid Time Off.
  • Equity compensation and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Benefits to support health, finances, and well-being.
  • Growth and Development Fund for professional development.
  • Parental leave.
  • Home office support.
  • Team Member Resource Groups and a fully remote work environment.

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