Self-Managed Database Experience Team

The Self-Managed Database Experience team owns the database experience for customers who run GitLab themselves: integrity checks, migration testing, and the upgrade path.

The Self-Managed Database Experience team formed in September 2026 from the self-managed half of the Database Health team and the upgrade and migration work that had been planned for a separate Database Migrations team.

Team

The team is composed of backend engineers with deep PostgreSQL and Rails migration experience. Regardless of role, all team members share stage-level responsibilities including database reviews, oncall rotations, and operational needs alongside the other Database Excellence teams.

Name	Role
Niko Belokolodov	Senior Backend Engineer, Database Health
Amandeep Singh	Intermediate Backend Engineer, Database
Imanpal Singh	Backend Engineer, Database
Krasimir Angelov	Staff Backend Engineer, Database

Last modified September 18, 2026: Database Excellence: rosters, stage mission, and the Self-Managed Database Experience team (300f6c03)

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