Staff Backend Engineer, SSCS: AI Governance

Overview

As a Staff Backend Engineer - AI Governance at GitLab, you will define the technical foundation for governing GitLab Duo agents at enterprise scale. This role sits at the intersection of AI systems, compliance, auditability, and backend architecture. You will shape core systems that give customers clear visibility into AI agent activity and the controls needed to manage usage with clarity.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive backend architecture for AI governance systems, including auditability, policy enforcement, and enterprise reporting capabilities, to improve governance coverage and enable reliable enterprise adoption.
• Design the AI audit event system, including event schema, pipelines, storage patterns, retention considerations, and export surfaces, to deliver reliable audit visibility and support customer reporting and compliance requirements.
• Build and guide the integration layer between the Duo Agent Platform and gov...