Engineering Manager, Core DevOps

About the role

In this role, you will build, manage, and support a globally distributed engineering team delivering high-quality, reliable platform capabilities. You will hire and onboard talent, guide technical delivery, and align engineering execution with product management, design, and business goals. Your work will help engineers grow and improve operational excellence in a remote, asynchronous environment.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and mentor a globally distributed engineering team.
• Hire, onboard, and develop engineers while maintaining high standards for quality and accountability.
• Partner with product management, design, and cross-functional teams to align technical direction and shape roadmaps.
• Guide engineers on system architecture, code quality, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Manage and refine agile, remote, and asynchronous workflows to maintain delivery cadence.
• Encourage and integrate AI capabilities and modern developer tooling into daily workflows.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones and provide continuous feedback to support career progression.
• Maintain visibility into operational health and participate in incident management rotations.

Required skills

• Engineering management
• Technical mentorship
• Enterprise software development
• Distributed systems
• Software delivery pipelines
• Agile methodologies
• Remote team management
• AI-assisted tools

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

About the Company

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling organizations to increase developer productivity and improve operational efficiency. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.