Intermediate Site Reliability Engineer, Database Operations

About the Role

We're responsible for building, running, and evolving the entire lifecycle of the PostgreSQL database engine that powers GitLab.com. You’ll be part of our team focused on owning the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of our database infrastructure and supporting services. GitLab.com is one of the largest single-tenancy open source SaaS sites on the internet, which means your work directly impacts hundreds of thousands of concurrent users worldwide. We operate in a fully distributed, asynchronous environment across multiple regions, collaborating on everything from database automation and infrastructure design to incident response and capacity planning. You’ll be solving novel challenges at scale, from implementing observability stacks that predict capacity needs to designing the infrastructure components that allow GitLab to scale reliably. We continuously seek to reduce complexity and improve efficiency by leveraging cloud vendor managed products and services where appropriate, ensuring GitLab.com remains a best-in-class production environment.  For more on how we operate, see Database Operations Team Handbook Page.How GitLab will support you

Requirements

Strong written communication skills and commitment to documentation; you thrive in remote, asynchronous environments and share knowledge effectively across your team. Proactive, hands-on approach where you identify issues, take ownership of solutions, and contribute improvements to infrastructure and code. Capability to mentor junior team members and develop deep expertise in your domain areas, then share that knowledge to help others grow. Backend engineering experience with languages such as Ruby or Go, and/or familiarity with OLAP databases like Clickhouse.

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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