GitLab Backend Engineer reviews

4.7

100% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)

Bill Staples

100% approve of CEO

97% positive business outlook

Backend Engineer employees have rated GitLab with 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Backend Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. GitLab is rated 22% above average by Backend Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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32 reviews
5.0
Jan 12, 2026
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

- Great engineering culture - Company feels like they care about individuals - Fully remote

Cons

- The application codebase is huge and hard to navigate.

5.0
Sep 11, 2025

Great Employer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Technical Challenges - Flexibility - Good Remote Setup - Benefits - Amazing peers

Cons

- Communication clutter with lots of tools - Silos exist

4.0
Jul 9, 2025

Decent comoany

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote first Commitment to async environment Slow moving Low incident rate

Cons

Slow moving Mediocre pay Hires slowly/wont hire HCOL talent

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