Senior Backend Engineer, Create: Code Creation (Ruby and Python) ID-5060
An overview of this role
The Create:Code Creations team builds and maintains GitLab's AI-powered code suggestion tools that help developers create and maintain code more efficiently. Our team has successfully launched Code Suggestions, which provides AI-assisted code completions directly in multiple IDEs, and we're now expanding our capabilities to provide even more intelligent assistance through enhanced context awareness and integration across GitLab's product suite.
Other Jobs You May Be Interested In
Remote Data Entry, No Experience, $40/hr, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job
Entry-Level Remote Data Entry, $50/hr, Evening Job
Customer Support, No Degree, $40/hr, Remote, Weekend Job
Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Part-Time, College Student Friendly
Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, No Degree, Night Job
Part-Time Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, College Student Friendly
Remote Moderator, No Degree, $50/hr, Evening, Weekend Job
Remote Customer Support, $42/hr, Night Job, No Experience
Live Chat Support, $40/hr, Remote, Entry Level, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, Remote, $42/hr, Weekend, No Experience
Remote Data Entry, $45/hr, No Degree, Night Shift
Part-Time Customer Support, $40/hr, Remote, College Student
Remote Live Chat, $50/hr, Part-Time, Evening/Night Job
Entry Level Phone Job, $42/hr, Remote, No Degree Required
Weekend Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience
Remote Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Evening, Part-Time Job
Remote Moderator, $42/hr, Part-Time, Weekend, No Degree
Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, Night Shift, College Student Job
Phone Support, Remote, $50/hr, No Experience, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, No Experience, $42/hr, Remote, Weekend
Remote Customer Support, $45/hr, Part-Time, College Student
Data Entry, Remote, $40/hr, Night Shift, No Degree
Evening Virtual Assistant, Remote, $45/hr, No Experience
Weekend Customer Support, $42/hr, Remote, College Student
Remote Data Entry, $50/hr, No Experience, Evening/Night Job
Remote Live Chat, $40/hr, Part-Time, No Degree Required
Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Remote, Weekend, Entry Level
Remote Phone Support, $45/hr, Evening, No Experience Required
Data Entry, No Experience, $50/hr, Remote, College Student
Remote Moderator, $40/hr, Weekend, No Degree, Part-Time
Live Chat Support, Remote, $42/hr, Night Shift, College Student
Phone Job, $50/hr, Remote, No Degree, Part-Time, Weekend
{"x":11,"y":173,"w":493,"h":117,"abs_x":291,"abs_y":453}">As a Senior Engineer, you'll work on sophisticated systems that analyze codebases to provide relevant context to large language models, allowing us to generate higher quality code suggestions. You'll help build and scale services that power features from inline code completions to code explanation and test generation, while ensuring our solutions maintain high performance for our global user base.
Some examples of our projects:
- Expanding our context-aware AI systems to improve code suggestion quality
- Building new services to analyze and index repository content for better AI understanding
- Integrating our code creation capabilities with GitLab Duo Chat and other GitLab products
- Developing enterprise-grade controls for AI-powered features
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement systems that analyze codebases to provide relevant context to AI models
- Build and maintain high-performance APIs that power IDE extensions and chat-based code assistance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate code creation capabilities across GitLab products
- Optimize system performance and response times for our global user base
- Contribute to our context expansion initiatives, including work with imports and dependency files
- Help define and implement enterprise controls for AI-powered features
- Mentor team members and contribute to technical decision-making
- Participate in code reviews and documentation efforts
What You’ll Bring
- Strong experience with Ruby and Python development and AI-related technologies
- Proven track record building and maintaining production REST APIs
- Experience with distributed systems and performance optimization
- Expertise with software testing and test automation
- Strong background in version control (Git) and CI/CD practices
- Experience working with databases and data storage systems
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for remote collaboration
About the team
The Code Creation team is at the forefront of GitLab's AI initiatives, focusing on helping developers create and maintain code more efficiently. We've successfully launched our Code Suggestions feature and are now working on expanding its capabilities through better context awareness and integration across GitLab's product suite. Our team collaborates globally across multiple time zones, working with various groups from IDE Extension teams to AI Framework and ModelOps teams. We maintain a balance between shipping new features and ensuring high performance and reliability for our global user base. You can learn more about our team's direction and goals in our public handbook.