GitLab

Intermediate Distribution Engineer, GitLab:Build

Morowali, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Software Development, DevSecOps, Open SourceIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: [Not Specified]
  • Job Type: Intermediate Distribution Engineer
  • Salary: [Not Specified]

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.

As a Distribution Engineer, your work within the GitLab Build team will help us manage the build pipelines, research support for new services, platforms, and architectures, as well as maintain existing ones. You will be tasked with ensuring the components that make up GitLab are up-to-date, license compliant, and available for our users’ platforms and architectures.

GitLab Build engineering regularly interfaces with broader development teams in supporting newly created features. The GitLab Build team is involved with diverse projects and tasks that include assisting community packaging efforts.

Interesting links about the team and role:

  • Our primary projects
  • Our work with the community
  • Our Demo videos

Responsibilities

  • Multi-Platform Packages: Build and maintain packages for supported Linux distributions and architectures. Participate in product release activities.
  • Container Images: Develop and maintain official GitLab container images
  • Build Tooling & Infrastructure: Develop and maintain tools that enable efficient component building
  • Integration Services: Ensure development team components integrate seamlessly into GitLab packages
  • Security Partnership: Collaborate with Security teams to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, proactively improve posture and footprint.
  • Dependency Management: Maintain up-to-date, secure dependencies across all components
  • Documentation & Self-Service: Create guides and provide infrastructure enable and facilitate development teams working independently
  • Cloud Marketplace: Manage listings and integrations with major cloud providers
  • Installation Experience: Maintain install, update, and upgrade documentation and processes pertaining to GitLab installation and setup
  • Quality Assurance: Ensure all installation methods are thoroughly tested before release
  • Code License Management: Ensure compliance across all bundled dependencies
  • Partner Certifications: Submit components and packages to partners for validations and certifications

Requirements

  • Familiarity with GNU/Linux build toolchains (autotools, make, cmake, gcc, etc.)
  • Production experience with building container images and container build tooling
  • Experience with Debian and RHEL based systems, and building .deb and .rpm packages
  • Experience using Continuous Integration systems (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Action, Jenkins, Travis)
  • Advanced Shell Scripting expertise in production environments, including the ability to write and maintain complex scripts (Ruby, Golang, Python, or Rust are a plus)
  • Familiarity with building and packaging cloud native applications
  • Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
  • Experience with major cloud providers (e.g., GCP, AWS)

Company Information

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.

Skills

Build pipelines
Package management
Platform support
Architecture maintenance
Licensing compliance
Community packaging

GitLab

Unified DevOps platform for software development

About GitLab

GitLab offers a DevOps platform that simplifies the software development process by providing a single application for collaboration, visibility, and speed. The platform integrates various tools needed for software development, which helps teams manage their projects more efficiently without juggling multiple tools. This allows companies to concentrate on enhancing their products instead of spending too much time on builds. GitLab serves a wide range of clients, including large corporations from different industries, demonstrating its versatility. The company operates on a subscription-based model, where clients pay for access to the platform, which includes features for continuous integration and deployment. GitLab also provides free trials and regularly updates its platform to deliver ongoing value to its users. By customizing its offerings and partnering with other technology providers, GitLab aims to enhance its ecosystem and drive revenue.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
$421.8MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consulting, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Spending Company Money
Equity Compensation
Life Insurance
Financial Wellness
Paid Time Off
Growth and Development Benefit
GitLab Contribute
Business Travel Accident Policy
Immigration
Employee Assistance Program
Incentives
All-Remote
Part-time contracts
Meal Train
Fertility & Family Planning
Parental Leave

Risks

AI-powered coding assistants like Claude pose a competitive threat to GitLab's platform.
Potential sale to Datadog may lead to strategic shifts misaligned with customer expectations.
Integration of Oxeye may distract from GitLab's core DevOps offerings.

Differentiation

GitLab offers a unified DevOps platform, reducing complexity in software development.
The platform integrates tools for collaboration, visibility, and speed, enhancing development processes.
GitLab's open-source model fosters continuous innovation with a large developer community.

Upsides

Acquiring Oxeye enhances GitLab's cloud security, appealing to security-conscious enterprises.
Partnership with Ooredoo Kuwait expands GitLab's influence in the telecommunications sector.
Potential sale to Datadog could create strategic synergies and expand market reach.

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