Search Indexes and Infrastructure
Runs every search index at GitLab: Zoekt behind Exact Code Search, Elasticsearch behind Advanced Search, and the pipelines that keep both fresh.
Scope
This team runs every search index at GitLab: Zoekt behind Exact Code Search, Elasticsearch behind Advanced Search, and the indexing pipelines that keep both fresh. It is a complicated-subsystem team: deep expertise, narrow surface. The team answers for SLOs, freshness, capacity, cost, and upgrades. The experience and ranking on top belong to Global Code Search Experience.
Last modified October 9, 2026: Add GitLab Brain as a new handbook section (
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