Database Excellence Stage

The Database Excellence section ensures GitLab’s databases run reliably at scale while enabling teams to make informed decisions about data architecture, placement, and lifecycle management across all datastores.

Mission

Keep GitLab’s databases running reliably through proactive health management, operational excellence, and strategic enablement. We maintain operational runway by identifying and mitigating saturation points, operate infrastructure with automated and scalable processes, and provide tools and frameworks that help teams build features sustainably.

Groups

This stage consists of the following group:

Database Frameworks

The Database Frameworks group manages the rails application code that interfaces and communicates with our database systems.

Name Role
Prabakaran MurugesanPrabakaran Murugesan Senior Backend Engineer, Database
Backend EngineerBackend Engineer Backend Engineer, Database
Jon JenkinsJon Jenkins Senior Backend Engineer, Database
Leonardo da RosaLeonardo da Rosa Backend Engineer, Database
Matt KasaMatt Kasa Staff Backend Engineer, Database
Maxime OreficeMaxime Orefice Senior Backend Engineer, Database
Simon TomlinsonSimon Tomlinson Staff Backend Engineer, Database

Database Operations

The Database Operations group manages the infratstructure and automation that power gitlab.com’s postgres databases.

Name Role
Alex IvesAlex Ives Backend Engineering Manager, Database
Alexander SosnaAlexander Sosna Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Biren ShahBiren Shah Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Rafael HenchenRafael Henchen Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Senior Site Reliability EngineerSenior Site Reliability Engineer Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Database Framework Group
Vision Developing solutions for scalability, application performance, data growth and developer …
Database Operations Team
Mission The mission of the Database Operations team at GitLab is to Build, Run, Own and Evolve the …
Database Stakeholders
Database Stakeholders
Last modified November 20, 2025: Fix Max Orefice's slug (b9a4469f)