Job Description: Full-Stack Engineer, Contributor Success

Company Overview

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 human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits 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, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

Position Overview

The way software is built has fundamentally changed. A new generation of developers builds with and alongside AI, and GitLab has a strategic imperative to win this market. This is a pivotal moment to secure our position as the leading DevSecOps platform for the next decade.

As a Full-Stack Engineer within the Contributor Success team, your mission is to build the bridges that connect the vibrant ecosystem of AI coding tools directly to GitLab. You will meet the next wave of developers where they are—in tools like Replit, Continue.dev, Aider and many more! You will create the unavoidable on-ramp that graduates them to the full power of GitLab's single platform. You will be on the front lines, solving the critical challenge of abstracting GitLab's broad capabilities to make its power accessible to millions of new users.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust integrations between GitLab and leading open-source AI coding tools (e.g., Continue.dev, Aider, OpenHands) and strategic partner platforms, making it easier for developers using these tools to contribute to GitLab-hosted projects.
• Design, build, and iterate on a reusable connector framework using modern best practices, focusing on standards like OAuth 2.0 and efficient API client design for GitLab's APIs.
• Contribute directly to the codebase of target open-source AI tools (primarily in Python and TypeScript), enhancing their capabilities and ensuring seamless, high-quality integration with GitLab.
• Provide expert technical guidance and support to our partners and the broader open-source community, fostering a collaborative environment and improving the contributor experience for those integrating with GitLab.
• Collaborate closely with a cross-functional team, including Business Development, Product Management, and the GitLab for Education program to scope technical requirements and build effective "graduation paths" for new developers.
• Implement contributor efficiency tooling improvements by making GitLab the seamless backend for AI-assisted development workflows, thus simplifying how users of AI tools interact with and contribute to GitLab projects.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for both backend services (primarily Python or Go for specific integration components) and frontend components (primarily Vue.js, or TypeScript for IDE extensions) with the goal to also learn Ruby on Rails and contribute to GitLab.

Requirements

• Solid Full-Stack Experience (3-5 years):
  • Proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Ruby (especially Rails), or Go. Python is key for tools like Aider and OpenHands.
  • Strong frontend skills, particularly with Vue.js, or TypeScript for IDE extensions.