• Develop and maintain server apps • Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements • Develop and maintain APIs, optimize API responsiveness and efficiency • Optimize database performance through indexing, caching, and query optimization • Improve code quality through unit and integration tests • Debug and enhance app reliability • Participate in code reviews, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives

• Develop, ship, and maintain features and improvements for Agentic Tools across the GitLab monolith backend in a secure, well-tested, and performant way. • Collaborate with Product Management, UX, frontend, backend, and AI specialists to refine requirements and deliver high-quality, iterative product enhancements. • Design, implement, and review GraphQL, REST APIs and related backend logic, ensuring reliability, scalability, and clear contracts with frontend clients. • Improve and extend automated testing, including RSpec and other frameworks, to strengthen quality, reliability, and developer feedback loops. • Share standards, patterns, and learnings with other engineers, raising the bar for responsible AI integration and evidence-driven engineering across the team. • Participate in Tier 2 on-call rotations to troubleshoot production issues, contribute to root cause analysis, and enhance observability and resiliency

• Develop, ship, and maintain features and improvements for Agentic Tools across the GitLab monolith backend in a secure, well-tested, and performant way. • Collaborate with Product Management, UX, frontend, backend, and AI specialists to refine requirements and deliver high-quality, iterative product enhancements. • Design, implement, and review GraphQL, REST APIs and related backend logic, ensuring reliability, scalability, and clear contracts with frontend clients. • Improve and extend automated testing, including RSpec and other frameworks, to strengthen quality, reliability, and developer feedback loops. • Share standards, patterns, and learnings with other engineers, raising the bar for responsible AI integration and evidence-driven engineering across the team. • Participate in Tier 2 on-call rotations to troubleshoot production issues, contribute to root cause analysis, and enhance observability and resiliency. • Bring a sharp eye to the competitive landscape, helping us understand what it takes to keep GitLab’s MCP server best-in-class in an increasingly agentic world.

Role Description We’re hiring strong backend engineers to join several of our core engineering teams — Banking, Loans, Core Tech Platform, and Cards. All teams work on high-impact, backend-heavy systems that power key financial products and internal platforms. We're striving for engineering excellence, not just in delivery speed, but in quality of systems and the craft of software development. We're building a team that values clarity, good architecture, testing discipline, and a collaborative engineering culture. Our stack includes: - Java - Spring Boot - AWS (EKS) - MySQL - Kafka - Redis - Grafana - Prometheus These backend roles are not “just API glue” but engineers who understand how systems work under the hood, care about observability and performance, and want to build things that last. Qualifications - Real production experience in Java backend development - Ideally with modern frameworks like Spring Boot - Familiarity with cloud-native environments - Experience building and supporting distributed systems at scale - Writing production-grade code with attention to reliability, maintainability, and testability - Fintech experience is a big plus, especially if you’ve worked on payments, banking products, etc. - Fluent in Russian and English Benefits - Flexible and completely remote full-time role - The opportunity to work in an innovative fintech company with a global reach - Engaging tasks and the chance to influence the development of cutting-edge products - The opportunity to grow your skills in a global, distributed team environment