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Senior Backend Engineer - Database Change Management
GitLab
Bengaluru, IND
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
Ruby on RailsActive Record migration internalsPostgreSQLDatabase schema migrationsMigration validation and testing frameworksDependency graph systems
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Role Overview
Improve GitLab's sequential database migration system by helping replace it with a dependency graph model.
Lead delivery of a migration validation and test framework with versioned fixture data, CI-integrated test execution, and correctness checks.
Serve as a senior technical anchor for an India-based engineering group collaborating across multiple regions.
The role may be hired at Staff level when the candidate's experience matches that scope.
Key Skills for This Role
Ruby on RailsActive Record migration internalsPostgreSQLDatabase schema migrationsMigration validation and testing frameworksDependency graph systems
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Role overview
Improve GitLab's sequential database migration system by helping replace it with a dependency graph model.
Lead delivery of a migration validation and test framework with versioned fixture data, CI-integrated test execution, and correctness checks.
Serve as a senior technical anchor for an India-based engineering group collaborating across multiple regions.
The role may be hired at Staff level when the candidate's experience matches that scope.
What you'll do
- Lead the migration validation and test framework from initial approach through production use.
- Contribute to safe ordering, parallel execution, and three-phase low-downtime database upgrades.
- Mentor intermediate engineers through pairing, code review, and design feedback.
- Document asynchronous technical decisions so distributed teams can build on them.
- Review GitLab schema migrations for safety, backward compatibility, and reliability.
- Collaborate with Distribution, Quality Assurance, Database Architecture, Database Automation, and database framework teams.
- At Staff level, author and defend architecture proposals and represent the team in technical reviews.
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