Senior Backend Engineer (RoR), AST: Secret Detection

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Key Responsibilities

• 1
  Guide the design and implementation of backend features for GitLab Secret Detection in Ruby on Rails , GraphQL , and Go , delivering capabilities that improve coverage, reliability, or response time for secret detection workflows.
• 2
  Build clean, well-tested, maintainable code that meets GitLab standards for reliability and performance, helping reduce regressions and maintain backend systems at scale.
• 3
  Partner with product management and engineering peers to deliver backend capabilities that improve detection, validation, remediation, and audit trail coverage across the secret management lifecycle.
• 4
  Improve detection quality by reducing false positives, strengthening secret validation workflows, and enabling faster, more effective remediation paths.
• 5
  Contribute to code reviews, RFCs, and proof-of-concept work that guide technical approaches across the Secret Detection category.
• 6
  Identify technical debt and operational inefficiencies, then propose and implement practical improvements.
• 7
  Diagnose performance and optimization issues in backend systems and implement improvements that increase efficiency, scalability, and service reliability.
• 8
  Work effectively in a globally distributed, async-first team while participating in planning, engineering discussions, and pairing when needed.

Requirements

• Experience building backend applications and services using Ruby on Rails , with working knowledge of GraphQL and interest in backend-focused product development.
• Knowledge of security concepts, common vulnerabilities, mitigation techniques, and secure coding practices.
• What you’ll bring Experience building backend applications and services using Ruby on Rails , with working knowledge of GraphQL and interest in backend-focused product development.
• 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 have a disability or special need that requires accommodation , please let us know during the recruiting process .

Perks & Benefits