Senior Software Engineer, SSCS : Authentication

GitLab is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, SSCS : Authentication in Bangalore.

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, in

Responsibilities

• Shape the roadmap for GATE and GitLab's authentication services with the team.

• Design and implement token issuance, validation, and identity services in Go and Ruby across the Rails monolith and GATE, including new authentication mechanisms such as Workload Identity Federation.

• Migrate authentication and token management paths from the monolith into GATE while maintaining reliability across all deployment models.

• Build authentication mechanisms from the ground up, such as Workload Identity Federation.

• Strengthen security for users and organizations through access management tooling and by addressing vulnerabilities reported through our HackerOne program.

• Define and improve standards for style, maintainability, and engineering practices in a high-scale environment, and advocate for them through code review.

• Communicate publicly about GitLab initiatives, projects, and contributions from people not working for GitLab Inc. Reflect GitLab's values in these communications.

• Ship moderately sized features and improvements with moderate guidance and support from other team members, and collaborate on larger projects, including the build-out of GATE.

• Participate in the maintainer trainee program at your own comfortable pace while working toward becoming a project maintainer.

What you'll bring

• Professional experience with Go and/or Ruby in scaling or mission-critical SaaS products.

• Familiarity with authentication and authorization technologies or techniques, such as OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SSO, SCIM, LDAP, JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), role-based access control (RBAC), or identity and access management (IAM).

• Knowledge of token systems, cryptographic signing, and key management.

• Experience building or contributing to a service from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.

• Proficiency in written and verbal English, with the ability to communicate complex problems and solutions clearly in a remote, largely asynchronous work environment.

• Experience diagnosing, preventing, and resolving performance and optimization problems.

About GitLab

Our mission is to empower GitLab system administrators with the toolkit they need to create their desired balance of security and accessibility for their GitLab experience. Authentication is the first impression a new customer has when they configure a new GitLab instance. We aim to make it as seamless as possible, from that first login to onboarding users and managing security rules for their instance in a secure, flexible, and scalable way. How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees