---
title: 'Intermediate Backend Engineer , Security Factory at GitLab'
canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/intermediate-backend-engineer-security-factory-gitlab-bengaluru-ce6ka2xh3a2r'
type: 'job'
last_seen: '2026-11-11'
---

# Intermediate Backend Engineer , Security Factory at GitLab

- **Company:** GitLab
- **Location:** Bengaluru, India
- **Posted:** 2026-11-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8890971002

## Job description

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI) as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

An overview of this role

As an Intermediate Backend Engineer on GitLab's Security Factory: Code Scanning team, you'll help developers find and fix security issues in their code by contributing to the static analysis engine that finds them.

Your work spans both the engine and the tools we use to evaluate it. You'll extend how the engine models programs, from parsing source code and resolving symbols to building call graphs and tracking tainted data across files and languages. You'll also build and apply tooling to test its findings against benchmark applications with known vulnerabilities, measuring both false positives and missed vulnerabilities.

We build the engine with artificial intelligence (AI) agents that write and review code from written specifications, under human direction. You'll implement component specifications within the team's architecture, working with engineers and AI agents. Good judgment about when to trust agent output, and when to bring it to human review, is central to the role.

## What you'll do

- Extend the program model, including parsing, symbol resolution, intermediate representations, call graphs, and taint and data-flow analysis, to support new languages and frameworks.
- Build and apply AI-assisted tooling to implement, review, and validate engine changes and findings, in collaboration with the team's technical leadership. Measure detection quality against known vulnerabilities, judging changes primarily on false positive and false negative rates.
- Develop static application security testing (SAST) rules mapped to Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) and the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP), along with test fixtures that demonstrate they work.
- Implement component specifications with engineers and AI agents through phased plans and small, reviewable changes. Keep specifications and code in sync.
- Improve the harness, agent instructions, and skills that keep agent-written code trustworthy. Use separate coding and reviewing agents, performance checks, application programming interface (API) checks, and dependency checks, and escalate risky changes to human review.
- Solve technical problems of moderate scope and complexity, and identify and address technical debt that slows the team down.
- Write maintainable code that meets our internal standards, and help maintain those standards through code review.
- Participate in on-call rotations to help troubleshoot product operations, security operations, and urgent engineering issues.
- Take part in on-call or operational support where your team’s ownership model requires it.

## What you'll bring

- Experience using AI or large language model (LLM) tools to generate or evaluate technical content, with the judgment to assess when their output is trustworthy.
- Solid professional experience writing and testing production code in a systems language, particularly Rust or Go. Our engine is written in Rust, the analyzer wrapper in Go, and the monolith integration in Ruby. You'll be willing to work across them.
- An interest in static analysis and application security, including parsing, intermediate representations, taint and data-flow analysis, and how vulnerabilities arise in code. Deep expertise isn't required; we'll help you grow it.
- Organize and progress your work independently in a remote, largely asynchronous environment.
- The ability to communicate technical problems clearly and concisely and propose iterative solutions.
- Helpful but not required: experience with performance optimization, Docker and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), web or mobile frameworks, guardrails for agent-written code such as mutation testing and fuzzing, or program analysis and security research through publications or open source contributions. Willingness to learn performance optimization and containerized workflows is also welcome.

## About the team

The Security Factory: Code Scanning team develops GitLab's SAST capabilities for customer software repositories. We work closely with the Code Security team on scanning rules and flows, with Composition Analysis on the broader software supply chain, and with other groups across the Sec section. We rely heavily on asynchronous work across time zones.

At GitLab, our mission is simple: to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world.

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

- [Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/)
- [Flexible Paid Time Off](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/time-off-and-absence/time-off-types/#flexible-paid-time-off-pto)
- [Team Member Resource Groups](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/culture/inclusion/tmrg-tmag/)
- [Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/)
- [Growth and Development Fund](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/)
- [Parental Leave](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave)

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from [underrepresented groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-underrepresented-groups) are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.

Privacy Policy: Please review our [Recruitment Privacy Policy.](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/candidate-faq/recruitment-privacy-policy/) Your privacy is important to us.

GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also [GitLab’s EEO Policy](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#equal-employment-opportunity-policy) and [EEO is the Law](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/labor-and-employment-notices/#eeoc-us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-notices). If you have a disability or special need that requires [accommodation](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#reasonable-accommodation), please let us know during the [recruiting process](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/#adjustments-to-our-interview-process).

## About GitLab

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: GitLab provides an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling teams and AI agents to plan, build, secure, and deploy software faster.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: GTLB)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, USA
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Not explicitly listed in provided materials

## Core Business
- Primary industry: DevSecOps, Software Development Lifecycle Platform
- Target customers: Enterprise, SMB, B2B – used by over 100,000 organizations including large enterprises
- Mission / Purpose: "Unlock every team to ship trusted software at the speed of imagination"

## Products & Services
- **[GitLab Platform](https://about.gitlab.com/company/)**: Integrated DevSecOps/DevOps platform (SaaS and self-managed) covering source code management, CI/CD, security scanning, monitoring, and AI-powered features (e.g., Duo Agent).
- **GitLab Duo**: AI-powered suite of tools for code generation, review, and automation across the software lifecycle.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed in provided materials (public company – refer to NASDAQ: GTLB)
- **Key Metrics**: Over 50 million registered users, 2,500+ team members, 5,500+ code contributors, 2,500+ consecutive monthly releases (as of June 2026)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Public company; prior investors include Y Combinator (2015 cohort). Detailed list not provided.
- **Growth Signals**: 100,000+ organizations use GitLab; continuous monthly releases since 2011; expanding AI capabilities (Duo Agent); certification as Great Place to Work (US & India, 2026–2027)

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in-one DevSecOps platform** that replaces multiple point tools, reducing complexity and toolchain friction.
- **Strong open-source heritage** and community-driven innovation (5,500+ contributors).
- **AI-first approach** with built-in agents for code generation, review, and security.
- **Culture of transparency** – handbook-first, public-by-default documentation that scales remote work.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-powered software creation**: Deep integration of AI agents (Duo Agent) to accelerate development while maintaining security and compliance.
- **Enterprise adoption**: Scaling to meet the needs of large, regulated organizations with compliance and security features.
- **Remote-first operations**: Continuing to build and improve asynchronous, all-remote work culture as a competitive advantage.

## Why Work Here
- **Fully remote**: 100% remote company from the start – work from anywhere; asynchronous and flexible schedules.
- **Awards & recognition**: Great Place to Work Certified (US & India 2026–2027); BuiltIn Best Remote Places to Work 2026; Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology 2025.
- **Benefits**: Equity compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, generous paid time off, annual growth & development benefit, access to LinkedIn Learning and leadership programs.
- **Inclusive culture**: Multiple Team Member Resource Groups, strong Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) commitment.
- **Learning & development**: Industry-leading leadership programs and platforms like LinkedIn Learning and Level Up.

## Sources
1. [about.gitlab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/)
2. [about.gitlab.com/company](https://about.gitlab.com/company/)
3. [handbook.gitlab.com](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/employment-branding/content-library/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8481958002)
5. [about.gitlab.com (homepage)](https://about.gitlab.com/)

## Other roles at GitLab

- [Threat Research Engineer, Security Factory: Threat Research](https://feeny.ai/job/threat-research-engineer-security-factory-threat-research-gitlab-israel-poland-8xjabbq4fhk6) — Israel / Poland / United Kingdom
- [Staff Software Engineer, Security Platform: Authentication](https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-security-platform-authentication-gitlab-bengaluru-77srm3fw57s8) — Bengaluru, India
- [Principal Revenue Strategist](https://feeny.ai/job/principal-revenue-strategist-gitlab-canada-united-states-t96qd5c1jedq) — Canada / United States
- [Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-lifecycle-marketing-manager-gitlab-canada-united-states-371tysbnnk8v) — Canada / United States
- [Engineering Manager, Security Platform: Authentication](https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manager-security-platform-authentication-gitlab-bengaluru-nfxs4x1202g2) — Bengaluru, India
- [Regional Sales Director, Canada](https://feeny.ai/job/regional-sales-director-canada-gitlab-canada-zaqxekkfy43y) — Canada
- [Business Development Representative, SLED - West](https://feeny.ai/job/business-development-representative-sled-west-gitlab-united-states-7x53pe9y3mjb) — United States
- [Professional Services Engineer - KSA](https://feeny.ai/job/professional-services-engineer-ksa-gitlab-saudi-arabia-49bxenzs4tee) — Saudi Arabia
- [Business Development Representative - West](https://feeny.ai/job/business-development-representative-west-gitlab-canada-united-states-c8a12vdvh4n1) — Canada / United States
- [Business Development Representative, Financial Services](https://feeny.ai/job/business-development-representative-financial-services-gitlab-canada-united-x3bqjpyc8mv4) — Canada / United States