add tgao3701908 as backend maintainer

Tian Gaorequested to merge
tgao_maintainership into master

Manager Justification

It's hard to specify hard requirements for becoming a maintainer, which is why the documentation consists of flexible guidelines. Reviewers are encouraged to think of their eligibility for maintainership in the terms of "I could be ready at any time to be a maintainer as long as my work as an author and reviewer is consistent with other maintainers".

Tian has been at GitLab for over 2 years, demonstrating strong expertise in Ruby-on-Rails and the GitLab codebase. Throughout his tenure, he has consistently contributed high-quality code and thorough reviews across critical areas of the GitLab monolith, including CI/CD infrastructure, pipeline processing, and backend architecture. As of today, he has authored 111 merged MRs in the GitLab monorepo and reviewed 118 merged MRs.

Examples of authored MRs:

  • gitlab-org/gitlab!208572 (merged)
    • Implemented comprehensive pipeline processing improvements
    • Demonstrated deep understanding of CI/CD architecture
    • Clean implementation with thorough test coverage
  • gitlab-org/gitlab!205297 (merged)
    • Enhanced pipeline functionality with careful attention to edge cases
    • Showed strong architectural decision-making
    • Collaborated effectively through multiple review iterations
  • gitlab-org/gitlab!205614 (merged)
    • Delivered complex backend feature with minimal required changes
    • Demonstrated mastery of Rails patterns and GitLab conventions
    • Proactive in addressing potential issues before review
  • gitlab-org/gitlab!202139 (merged)
    • Implemented critical infrastructure improvements
    • Strong focus on performance and scalability
    • Excellent code quality requiring minimal maintainer feedback
  • gitlab-org/gitlab!188732 (merged)
    • Complex refactoring with careful consideration of backward compatibility
    • Thorough testing and documentation
    • Clean implementation following GitLab best practices

Example reviewed MRs:

Trainee Maintainer issue: #35139 (closed)

Reviewed 118 MRs

Examples:

Authored 111 merged MRs

Examples:

  • The MRs reviewed by the candidate consistently make it through maintainer review without significant additionally required changes.
  • The MRs authored by the candidate consistently make it through reviewer and maintainer review without significant required changes.
Template call to action 
SPECIALITY Maintainers, please review this proposal to make TRAINEE maintainer of PROJECT.

* If you have blocking feedback adhering [to the documentation](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/workflow/code-review/#request-maintainership-feedback) please share it with me privately.
* If you are in agreement, and can vouch for this proposal, please approve.

After 1 week, if there is no blocking feedback and at least 2 approvals, I will merge this MR.

Before Merging (Manager Tasks)

  • Close any relevant trainee maintainer issues with a comment indicating that this merge request is being created, as (they are no longer required to become a maintainer).
  • Mention the maintainers from the given specialty with the template below and ask them to provide feedback to the manager directly. Emphasize that any negative feedback should be communicated privately to the manager/mentor, not in the merge request, as outlined in our maintainership feedback documentation.
  • Leave this merge request open for 1 week, to give the maintainers time to provide feedback.
  • Check this box to confirm that you approve the access provision.
  • Ensure we have at least 2 approvals from existing maintainers.

Once This MR is Merged

  1. Join the #backend_maintainers Slack channel
  2. Remove yourself from maintainer_mentorship.yml and consider adding yourself as a maintainer mentor.
  3. Ask the maintainers in your group to invite you to any maintainer-specific meeting if one exists.
  4. Let a maintainer add you to <project>/maintainers/backend with Owner access level.
  5. Announce it everywhere
  6. Familiarize yourself with documentation for Merging a merge request
  7. Keep reviewing, start merging 🤘 😎 🤘
Edited by Matt Nohr

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