Description
GitLab is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager, Continuous Deployment to lead a globally distributed team focused on Continuous Deployment capabilities within its AI-powered DevSecOps platform.
As a Senior Engineering Manager, Continuous Deployment at GitLab, you'll build and manage a globally distributed team focused on Continuous Deployment capabilities within GitLab's artificial intelligence-powered DevSecOps platform. You'll hire engineers, shape how the team works, and guide delivery of a reliable product experience for customers. Your team will build a Continuous Deployment engine that goes beyond script execution. It will reconcile live state, coordinate durable workflows, and support artificial intelligence-native governance. You'll align technical direction with customer needs and business goals. Your work will help customers deploy software with greater reliability, safety, and assurance in a remote, asynchronous environment.
Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a globally distributed engineering team, creating an environment where team members can do their best work and grow their careers.
- Hire, onboard, and develop engineers, setting clear expectations for quality and accountability.
- Partner with product management and cross-functional engineering teams to shape the roadmap, make sound architectural decisions, and deliver against product commitments.
- Set expectations for reliable, secure, maintainable, and performant delivery, and help the team meet them.
- Encourage the use of artificial intelligence as a core part of how the team works, with engineers using artificial intelligence tools in their daily workflows to improve efficiency and innovation.
- Hold regular 1:1s, provide continuous feedback, and support engineers' professional growth through coaching and skill development.
- Track milestone progress, identify blockers early, and address patterns before they require escalation.
- Participate in the incident management on-call rotation to help maintain availability targets for GitLab.com.
Requirements:
- Experience managing engineering team, including advising on architecture and contributing to technical discussions.
- Experience with distributed systems and durable workflow execution, including state persistence and replay patterns.
- Experience building or managing teams working on release orchestration, deployment automation, or continuous delivery at scale.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes deployment patterns and GitOps workflows, including progressive delivery strategies such as blue/green and canary deployments.
- Experience with policy-based governance and event-driven architectures in reliable, enterprise-grade delivery systems.
- Experience building and managing teams in early-stage contexts, including defining processes, hiring foundational team members, and establishing how the team works.
- Experience working across functions, exercising judgment, and moving work forward in ambiguous or fast-changing situations.
- Experience communicating clearly in writing and conversation while working effectively in a remote-first, asynchronous environment.
Benefits:
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave