Intermediate Software Engineer, Product Security Engineering

As a Software Engineer on the Product Security Engineering team, you'll help build security capabilities directly into GitLab's platform. You'll work on integrating security tooling into the product and developing new features that enable GitLab's Security teams, engineering teams, and customers to operate more securely. This role combines software engineering expertise with security awareness to help drive GitLab's vision of being the most secure DevOps platform.

Learn more about the team and its processes in our handbook: https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/security/product-security/product-security-engineering/.

What You'll Do

• Contribute to GitLab's core product by implementing security features and enhancements
• Help integrate custom security tooling into GitLab's product, working closely with Security and Product teams
• Develop automation solutions that help scale Product Security team processes
• Build self-service security tools that enable Engineering teams to make secure decisions
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical planning
• Collaborate with Product Security teams to understand their requirements and implement solutions
• Write clear documentation for the features and tools you develop
• Participate in incident response when security-related issues arise

What You'll Bring

Required Experience:

• 2+ years of software development experience with Ruby on Rails or similar web frameworks
• Understanding of web application development and API design
• Demonstrable experience with Git and modern development workflows
• Familiarity with automated testing and CI/CD practices
• Basic understanding of web application security concepts (such as OWASP Top-10 and similar)
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience contributing to production applications

Preferred Experience:

• Prior contributions to open source projects
• Experience with security tools or security-focused development
• Familiarity with GitLab's architecture and development practices
• Knowledge of JavaScript/Vue.js and frontend development
• Understanding of containerization and cloud services (especially Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with automation and tooling development (especially with Python or Golang)
• Background in security engineering or application security

Personal Qualities:

• Strong attention to detail, especially regarding security implications
• Eagerness to learn and grow in both engineering and security domains
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently while collaborating remotely
• Commitment to writing secure, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Interest in security and its role in software development
• Alignment with GitLab's values of collaboration, results, efficiency, diversity, inclusion & belonging, iteration, and transparency