GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.
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.
We are seeking an Intermediate Frontend Engineer to join our growing Plan:Knowledge team. The Plan:Knowledge team is focused on GitLab's suite of tools for knowledge management practices and collaboration. We work very closely with stable counterparts including backend team, product management, product design, testing, security, UX research and technical writing.
As an Intermediate Frontend Engineer on the Plan:Knowledge team, you'll play a key role in developing user interfaces and interactions for tools that are used throughout the product such as Markdown, Rich Text Editor, GLQL Views, and Gitlab Wiki. You'll work closely with experienced engineers who will support your growth while impacting how organizations collaborate and help shape knowledge management best practices.
Some key challenges you'll help solve include:
- Building intuitive frontend interfaces for Markdown, Rich Text Editor, GLQL Views, and Gitlab Wiki
- Building and improving collaborative editing capabilities for Gitlab Wiki using the Rich Text Editor
- Creating responsive and accessible UI components using Vue.js
- Develop features and improvements to the GitLab product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way using Vue.js and GraphQL
- Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders (Backend, UX, etc.) to iterate on new features within the GitLab product
- Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review
- Build responsive and accessible components that deliver an excellent user experience across devices and user needs
- Consistently ship features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects
- Work closely with UX designers to implement intuitive and effective user interfaces
- Learn, collaborate and teach other Frontend Engineers. Everyone can contribute something new to the team regardless of how long they've been in the industry
- Participate actively in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to enhance code quality
- Help improve our test coverage and system reliability through thoughtful testing practices
- Contribute to troubleshooting and resolving technical issues as they arise
- Support technical documentation and internal knowledge sharing initiatives
- Professional experience with Vue.js or another modern JavaScript web framework (React, Angular, Ember, etc.), and GraphQL for API integration and data management
- Experience with Tiptap/ProseMirror or any other editor framework (TinyMCE, CKEditor, Lexical, Quill, Slate.js)
- Solid understanding of semantic HTML, CSS, and core JavaScript concepts
- Experience writing automated tests (Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, AVA, tape) including frontend unit and acceptance tests
- Experience using Git in a professional/workplace environment and familiarity with code review processes
- Understanding of responsive design principles and accessibility standards
- Solid understanding of core web and browser concepts (how browsers parse and construct web pages)
- Experience with performance optimization problems and demonstrated ability to diagnose and prevent these issues
- Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
- Effective communication skills with ability to regularly achieve consensus with peers and provide clear status updates
- Comfort working in a highly agile, iterative software development process
- Self-motivated and self-managing with strong organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization
- Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a remote environment
- Positive and solution-oriented mindset
- Ownership mentality. Take responsibility for your work and follow through–whether that’s shipping a feature, fixing a bug, or improving a test.
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
- Big plus for familiarity with CRDTs and related libraries like Y.js
- Computer science education or equivalent experience
- Open source contributions
About the team
You’ll be joining a small team of 1 fullstack, 1 frontend, and 4 backend engineers. Plan:Knowledge owns Markdown, Rich Text Editor, GLQL Views, Gitlab Wiki, and GitLab Pages, and everything related to text editing in GitLab. Our next focus is transforming Rich Text Editor into a fully-featured collaborative solution that would be used across the entire GitLab product, starting with the GitLab Wiki.
Knowledge team’s mission is to:
- Improve the access and flow of information within GitLab.
- Empower all users, technical and non-technical, to contribute.
- Foster a collaborative environment for GitLab contributions.
- Facilitate effective knowledge management practices that are easily accessible.
As the new Intermediate Frontend Engineer, you will work on the highly requested features as well as maintaining the existing features by investigating and fixing existing bugs. You’ll get to know our codebase, roadmap, and working methods. You will be empowered to take ownership and drive the frontend implementation of the prioritized features or defects. You’ll also help the team and community via code review, issue refinement, engaging with users and open-source contributors on public issues and merge requests, and advocating for process improvements.
How GitLab will support you- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- All remote, asynchronous work environment
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and development budget
- Parental leave
- Home office support
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
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