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GitLab · 2 days ago

Engineering Manager, Gitlab Delivery

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform. The Engineering Manager for GitLab Delivery will lead a globally distributed team to enhance deployment tooling and ensure operational reliability across various environments, while collaborating closely with product management and engineering teams.

Cloud SecurityDeveloper ToolsDevOpsOpen SourceSaaS

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Lead a globally distributed GitLab Delivery team, creating an environment where team members can thrive and consistently deliver results

Hire, onboard, and develop team members who live GitLab’s values and contribute to a peak-performance organization

Manage and improve agile, async workflows so the team can iteratively deliver high-quality deployment tooling and services

Partner with Product Management and peers across Infrastructure Platforms and Engineering to align deployment tooling with business goals and customer needs

Own the reliability, upgrade velocity, and operational simplicity of GitLab deployments across self-managed environments, GitLab.com, and GitLab Dedicated

Improve how customers deploy, upgrade, and operate GitLab, including deployment patterns, zero-downtime capabilities, observability, and overall upgrade experience

Apply a strong technical background in Kubernetes Operators, Helm charts, and upgrade orchestration to guide engineering decisions and unblock the team

Participate in the Incident Management on-call rotation, collaborating with reliability engineers and development teams to help ensure availability targets for GitLab.com are met

Qualification

Kubernetes OperatorsHelm chartsDeployment toolingCloud-native architecturesSite reliability engineeringAgile workflowsTeam leadershipCross-functional collaboration

Required

Experience leading deployment tooling, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering teams operating at scale

Strong technical background with practical knowledge of Kubernetes Operators, Helm charts for stateful applications, and upgrade orchestration patterns

Solid understanding of cloud-native deployment architectures, database lifecycle management for stateful systems such as PostgreSQL, schema migrations, and zero-downtime upgrade strategies

Experience running and supporting consumer-scale or enterprise-scale platforms, ideally in a product-focused software company or startup environment

Ability to investigate complex deployment and operational issues and communicate tradeoffs and findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Demonstrated experience building and supporting high-performing, distributed teams, including managing in an all-remote, asynchronous environment

Effective collaborator who works closely with cross-functional teams such as Infrastructure, Support, and Customer Success to improve customer outcomes

Openness to candidates with diverse backgrounds and transferable skills, including formal computer science education or equivalent hands-on experience and an interest in open source and developer tools