Staff Software Engineer - NLP
GitLab · Bangalore, India
About the role
Staff Backend Engineer role providing technical leadership across teams, leading large cross-cutting backend initiatives and driving GitLab's modular architecture strategy. Combines deep backend expertise with systems and product judgment to influence across organizational boundaries.
What you'll do
- Provide technical leadership across the team and adjacent teams on highest-scope backend problems
- Lead large, cross-cutting backend initiatives
- Drive modular architecture strategy
- Define engineering standards for quality, security, reliability and operability
- Collaborate with Product, Frontend, Infrastructure, Security, Data and EMs
What they're looking for
- Deep backend engineering expertise
- Experience leading large cross-cutting technical initiatives
- Strong systems and product judgment
- Ability to influence across organizational boundaries
Key details
- Company
- GitLab
- Location
- Bangalore, India
- Work mode
- On-site
- Seniority
- Lead / Principal / Group
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Role category
- Engineering
- Posted
- 24 Sept 2026
- Source
- job-boards.greenhouse.io