Backend Engineer, Geo & Disaster Recovery (Rails/PostgreSQL) — GitLab, Bangalore

About the Role

GitLab's Geo team builds the backend services that power GitLab Geo, Disaster Recovery, and Backup & Restore — the systems that keep distributed customers' repositories accessible and recoverable, no matter what. As a Backend Engineer here, you'll work primarily in Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL, improving replication, verification, failover, and data migration for large self-managed and GitLab Dedicated environments.

The Tech & Stack

• Ruby on Rails + PostgreSQL, at serious scale
• Replication and verification workflows for repositories and related data
• Close collaboration with Database Engineering, Infrastructure, and GitLab Dedicated teams
• A high bar for observability, careful rollout, and operational resilience

Day-to-Day

• Design, build, and maintain backend functionality for Geo, Disaster Recovery, and Backup & Restore
• Improve replication and verification for repositories and related data, with a focus on performance and reliability
• Help distributed customers access repositories faster and recover reliably
• Work in the open — issues, merge requests, and documentation are all public in GitLab's handbook-first culture

What We're Looking For

• Strong backend engineering skills in Ruby on Rails (or equivalent) and PostgreSQL
• Experience or interest in distributed systems, replication, and disaster recovery
• Careful, methodical approach to high-stakes infrastructure — this code protects customer data
• Based in Bangalore; comfortable with async, remote collaboration

Why Join

Geo is mission-critical infrastructure for GitLab's largest customers — you'll own problems few engineers ever touch, at a company that ships with both speed and control. If you love deep systems work and resilience engineering, this is a rare seat.

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