GitLab
Senior Backend Engineer, Analytics Instrumentation (Golang)
Remote Data Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedRecently added
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalSenior
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Senior Backend Engineer, Analytics Instrumentation (Golang)
Requirements and responsibilities
Readable role content extracted into sections for faster review.
What you’ll do
- Guide the design, implementation, and evolution of a unified data collection platform using Golang, Kubernetes, ClickHouse, and NATS, with success measured by reliability, performance, and adoption across GitLab teams.
- Improve the emission, transit, and quality of instrumentation data across the system, with success measured by data quality, data integrity, and usage billing accuracy.
- Provide technical guidance for usage billing and instrumentation systems during working hours, with success measured by timely incident handling, effective root cause analysis, and reliable service restoration.
- Work across the organization with research and development teams and the enterprise data organization to deliver common solutions, with success measured by adoption across multiple stakeholders.
- Make technical choices that balance ease of use for product teams with reliability and correctness for data consumers, with success measured by platform usability and reliable downstream data.
- Mentor other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and clear technical documentation, with success measured by stronger code quality, faster technical alignment, and more maintainable systems.
What you’ll bring
- Significant experience working with platform or infrastructure systems in production environments.
- Strong proficiency in the Go programming language, with experience building and maintaining production services.
- Strong backend development experience, with the ability to design and deliver scalable, reliable systems serving internal and external customers.
- Experience guiding technical design and making tradeoffs across system reliability, performance at scale, data quality, and observability.
- Experience working across team boundaries with product teams, data consumers, and other internal stakeholders.
- Familiarity with cloud native technologies and open source development practices.
- A track record of mentoring other engineers and helping teams make clear, well-documented technical choices.
How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave
Similar roles
Keep a backup shortlist.
Kubernetes, Python 13 accepted countries
Senior Backend Engineer (AdTech)Leap ToolsView role Kubernetes, Python 13 accepted countries
Senior Backend EngineerLeap ToolsView role Python USA
Senior Data EngineerTop Us Wealth Management FirmView role Python USA
Senior Computer Vision EngineerVusionView role Stack
Use these tags to compare similar remote roles.
Location eligibility
Candidates should apply only when their profile country is listed here.
Your profileCountry not setSign in to check your country against this role.
Hiring flow
WithMira shows the role, then sends candidates to the company application.
1Check role fit, stack, and location eligibility in WithMira.
2Open the company application page from the tracked apply link.
3Save the role or subscribe for similar opportunities before leaving.