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Staff Backend Engineer, Software Supply Chain Security – Secrets Management

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2014H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

9 days ago

Salary

$131.6K - $282K / year

Bachelor DegreeEnglishCloudOpen SourceRubyRuby ON RailsVaultGo

Job Description

• Lead the technical strategy for GitLab Secrets Manager, setting architecture direction for secure, multi-tenant secrets management at scale. • Own the integration between GitLab and OpenBao, including namespaces, authentication mechanisms, and policy management. • Collaborate with Pipeline Security, Authentication, and Platform teams to propose, review, and deliver cross-team secrets management improvements. • Partner with GitLab.com Infrastructure teams to ensure secrets management meets reliability, performance, and operational requirements. • Represent GitLab in the OpenBao open source project by contributing features upstream, participating in technical steering discussions, and maintaining strong technical credibility. • Mentor and advise engineers on secrets management, cryptographic systems, and secure architecture patterns, raising the quality and consistency of designs and implementations. • Interface with engineering managers and senior leadership to scope initiatives, clarify tradeoffs, and unblock delivery across teams. • Engage with customers and external stakeholders to understand real-world needs and communicate GitLab's secrets management capabilities and roadmap direction.

Job Requirements

  • Experience designing and operating secrets management systems (for example, HashiCorp Vault, OpenBao, or cloud-native offerings), including secure storage, access control, and audit logging.
  • Ability to lead architecture decisions for resilient, multi-tenant services that handle secrets operations at scale, including high availability and cluster management patterns.
  • Working knowledge of cryptographic and key management concepts, such as encryption in transit and at rest, key derivation, and hardware security module (HSM) or PKCS#11 integrations.
  • Experience implementing authentication and authorization integrations, such as JSON Web Token (JWT) or OpenID Connect (OIDC), mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS), and certificate-based authentication.
  • Proficiency building product integrations in Go (within the OpenBao or Vault ecosystem) and Ruby on Rails for GitLab platform integration.
  • Experience contributing to open source projects and working effectively with distributed governance, balancing upstream needs with product requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate with high autonomy, drive strategy, and serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders (including constructively challenging assumptions and tradeoffs).
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills to influence across teams and levels, including mentoring engineers and working in a fully remote, asynchronous environment.

Benefits

  • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund
  • Parental leave
  • Home office support

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