Back to all jobs

Applicant-tracking source confirmed

Forward Deployed Engineer - META

GitLab

Technology & EngineeringRemoteFull timeQualification-specificRemote, United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates29d ago

Opportunity overview

What you should know

We checked this opportunity from GitLab. It is listed as United Arab Emirates.

The work location is Remote, United Arab Emirates. Employer-stated compensation: Salary not included in the job posting.

Job description

About this role

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…

Responsibilities

  • Product contribution
  • Contribute production-quality code to GitLab’s product and adjacent systems.
  • Develop bug fixes, features, integrations, tooling, and performance improvements when strategic customer outcomes require direct engineering work.
  • Work within GitLab’s product and engineering processes, including issue discovery, merge request creation, testing, review, documentation, and maintainability.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering so customer-driven solutions support long-term product direction rather than becoming one-off customizations.

Qualifications and requirements

  • Staff-level experience building, operating, or improving complex production software systems.
  • Experience contributing to large, mature product codebases with high standards for testing, maintainability, performance, and security.
  • Strong Ruby on Rails or Go experience and the ability to contribute directly to GitLab’s product and adjacent systems.
  • Experience with AI-assisted software development, agentic workflows, AI governance, model evaluation, context management, prompt and workflow design, or AI adoption in enterprise environments.
  • Experience diagnosing complex system behavior across application code, data stores, infrastructure, observability, networking, APIs, and customer usage patterns.
  • 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 as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.
  • * Fortune 500® is a re
Confirm the latest details with the employer

The description, responsibilities and qualifications used for this page and its JobPosting data appear above. Use the application action in the Job snapshot to confirm any later changes before applying.

Why you may be eligible

The source lists United Arab Emirates as the eligible location. Confirm that you meet any work-authorization, time-zone and experience requirements.

Career Studio · Early access

Want help preparing your application?

Use this job to tailor your CV and prepare a focused cover letter based on the employer’s requirements.

  • Job-specific CV guidance
  • Focused cover-letter draft
  • You review, edit and submit it yourself
Get application helpCareer Studio prepares drafts only. It never applies or contacts anyone for you.

How this listing was checked

Source status
Applicant-tracking source confirmed
Employer or source
GitLab
Source checked
September 8, 2026
Application destination
Employer or official applicant-tracking website
Work setup and location
Remote · Remote, United Arab Emirates
Who can apply
United Arab Emirates · Confirmed by source
Pay
Not stated by employer
Deadline
Not stated by employer

We check the source and visible requirements, but the employer controls changes and the final hiring decision. Confirm the latest requirements before applying.