Cloud Native Engineer

Cloud Native Engineers at GitLab work with our Distribution team to create and maintain a Cloud Native GitLab deployment, along with all associated upgrade and release management methods.

Requirements

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production use cases
• Chef experience (writing complex cookbooks from scratch, custom providers, custom resources, etc.)
• Extensive Linux experience, comfortable between Debian and RHEL based systems
• Running applications at scale in Kubernetes
• Transforming existing applications to cloud native oriented applications
• Designing, building and packaging cloud native applications
• Positive and solution-oriented mindset
• English written and verbal communication skills
• Effective communication skills: Regularly achieve consensus with peers, and clear status updates
• An inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility
• Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values
• Ability to thrive in a fully remote organization
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to use GitLab

Responsibilities

• Deploying, building, and configuring deployment methods of GitLab for Kubernetes
• Promoting best practices for development and deployment in a Cloud Native environment
• Keep current with new technologies and developments in the Cloud Native space
• Constantly improve product quality, security, and performance
• Write good code
• Catch bugs and style issues in code reviews
• Ship small features independently

Levels

Level progression for Cloud Native Engineers follows the pattern described for our Developer roles.

Hiring Process

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find their job title on our team page.

• Qualified candidates receive a short questionnaire from our Recruiting team
• Selected candidates will be invited to schedule a 30min screening call with our Recruiting team
• Next, candidates will be invited to schedule a first 45 minute behavioral interview with the hiring manager
• Next, candidates will be invited to schedule a technical interview with a team manager
• Candidates will then be invited to schedule an interview with Director of Backend
• Candidates will then be invited to schedule an additional interview with VP of Engineering
• Finally, candidates may be asked to interview with the CEO
• Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer via email

As always, the interviews and screening call will be conducted via a video call. See more details about our hiring process on the hiring handbook.

 

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About GitLab

GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise, and Duo Workflow, customers get the benefit of AI at every stage of the SDLC. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier. All team members are encouraged and expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact across our global organisation.

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