Senior Backend Engineer (Python), AI Engineering: Agent Foundations

About the Role

The Agent Foundations group sits within GitLab’s AI Engineering organization and is responsible for building the Duo Agent Platform, which provides the core services, agents, and flows that power AI-driven development experiences across GitLab. We are distributed across multiple regions and time zones, collaborating asynchronously through GitLab issues, merge requests, and written proposals to design, implement, and operate a highly scalable Python and gRPC-based platform. We partner closely with other GitLab AI teams and product groups to ensure that agentic capabilities can become the backbone for many current and future AI features, while tackling challenges such as reliable orchestration of agents, robust observability, and safe, testable AI behavior.How GitLab will support you

Requirements

Comfortable representing engineering decisions and AI powered capabilities in discussions with product partners, customers, and other stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills for working asynchronously in a remote, globally distributed team. Openness to learning new technologies and applying transferable skills, including experience in languages such as Go, Typescript, Ruby, or IDE extension development as a plus.

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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