Staff Backend Engineer, AI Engineering: Code Creation (Ruby and Python)

About the Role

The Code Creation team is at the forefront of GitLab's AI initiatives, focusing on helping developers create and maintain code more efficiently. We've successfully launched our Code Suggestions feature and are now working on expanding capabilities through better context awareness, AI-powered code review, knowledge graphs, and intelligent agent coordination across GitLab's product suite. Our team collaborates globally across multiple time zones, working with various groups across engineering. We maintain a balance between shipping innovative new features and ensuring high performance and reliability for our global user base. The AI landscape is rapidly evolving, and our team adapts quickly to new developments and opportunities. You can learn more about our team's direction and goals in our public handbook.How GitLab will support you

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaborating in a remote, globally distributed environment, and ability to work effectively across different technology stacks while quickly learning new languages and frameworks. Familiarity with one or more of the following: Rust and/or TypeScript; developer tools, IDEs, or language servers; graph databases or knowledge graph systems; AI agent or multi-agent architectures; code analysis tools such as static analyzers or abstract syntax trees; and contributions to open source projects, particularly in the AI or developer tools space.

Benefits

Flexible Paid Time Off  Team Member Resource Groups Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan Growth and Development Fund Parental leave  Home office support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

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