Is GitLab a good company to work for as a Backend Engineer?

Backend Engineer professionals working at GitLab have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 34 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of GitLab employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Backend Engineer Jobs at GitLab now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Backend Engineer interview questions at GitLab .

Does GitLab pay Backend Engineer employees well?

Backend Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at GitLab with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 34 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Backend Engineer salaries at GitLab.

How happy are Backend Engineer professionals working at GitLab?

78% of Backend Engineer employees at GitLab would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 25% in the past 12 months. Backend Engineer professionals have also rated GitLab with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 4.4 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitLab?

Account Executive (40) , Support Engineer (29) , Backend Engineer (21) , Software Engineer (18) , Sales (17) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (17) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (15) , Senior Backend Engineer (14) , Manager (13) , Solutions Architect (13) , Strategic Account Leader (12) , Sales Representative (11) , Engineering Manager (9) , Sales Development Representative (9) , Senior Software Engineer (9)

What are the pros of working at GitLab according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great, GitLab makes a point of hiring good humans and it shows" ((in 70 reviews)); "Good benefits and comp packages." ((in 41 reviews)); "great work/life balance" ((in 34 reviews)); "Great teams throughout!" ((in 30 reviews)); "Great team members" ((in 23 reviews))

What are the cons of working at GitLab according to real employee reviews?

"Significant concerns about decisions from senior leadership." ((in 25 reviews)); "tech is having a tough time now chaotic with changes non stop and no managers for some teams" ((in 15 reviews)); "hiring in an attempt to shrink their workforce, but without having to pay the absurdly good severance advertised in the "public" layoffs that were done in early 2023." ((in 6 reviews)); "New leadership doesn't have a clue of what to do." ((in 6 reviews)); "Furthermore, there is blatant favoritism within the team, with certain individuals receiving preferential treatment while others are unfairly sidelined." ((in 5 reviews))

GitLab Backend Engineer reviews

4.1

78% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)

Bill Staples

72% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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Backend Engineer employees have rated GitLab with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Backend Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. GitLab is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Backend Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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34 reviews

5.0

Aug 7, 2019

Great Company!

Senior backend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote work that does not lose the communication and interaction. Great culture. Everyone's helpful and supportive.

Cons

Timezone difference if you're in the APAC region can be a bit challenging but it's a minor thing. The company's doing its best to remedy this issue.

5.0

Aug 1, 2019

Excellent company.

Backend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Love love love working fully remotely! Helps a lot when it comes to manage family life. - Interesting product and great tech stack to work on. - I work with a bunch of cool people, I get to have video calls with them often. - I've been enjoying working asynchronously! For example, sometimes I get to finish my day with some work handed over to a team member to review. This team member would be located somewhere that's 10-12 hours ahead of me, which means that when I start a new working day, it's likely that I'll have already receive my reviews from my colleague. As a developer, asynchronous work is definitely something that works well.

Cons

- The company is growing very fast. As a result, onboarding was a bit rocky, I didn't get my working laptop until a week / 10 days after my first day. Minor annoyance, but that's part of growth, I understand it.

GitLab Response

6y

Thanks so much for leaving a review! Glad to hear you've been enjoying life at GitLab so far. Your example of asynchronous work is great -- one of the many reasons to embrace remote work. We're sorry to hear about your laptop delay, but appreciate your understanding. Our IT Ops team is actively iterating on this process to better serve the many new team members joining us around the globe. Welcome to the team!

5.0

Jun 19, 2019

Initial Impressions

Senior backend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I'm very new to GitLab but I'm nothing but impressed so far. Here are some of my Pros for working at GitLab: - Full-time Remote (Done Right) - Competitive Salaries - Good Benefits including funds for setting up your remote workspace or co-working space. - Work-life balance

Cons

Hard to speak about cons since I just started but the distributed nature of the teams, across time zones, will take some getting used to. I love the idea though so it's not much of a con.

GitLab Response

7y

Thanks so much for sharing your experience so far, and welcome to GitLab! You bring up an important point -- being part of a global team certainly has its challenges. But since we're an all-remote company, we document everything, and we can work asynchronously, you may find that collaborating across time zones comes more naturally than you'd think.

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