Engineering Manager, Build

GitLab is seeking an Engineering Manager, Build to lead the Build team within GitLab Delivery. The successful candidate will be accountable for the strategy, execution, and operational excellence of the systems that turn GitLab source code into secure, verified, and distributable artifacts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Build team roadmap across UBT, TUBE, and the broader build platform.
• Own delivery of GitLab distributable artifacts, including packages, container images, and cloud marketplace images.
• Drive a build-once, deploy-everywhere model across Omnibus, CNG, and future delivery targets.
• Lead centralized dependency management and coordinated dependency updates across components.
• Ensure supply chain security through SBOMs, provenance, vetted dependencies, and compliant build isolation.
• Create self-service onboarding paths with standard CI templates, documentation, and paved paths.
• Improve build quality and consistency through unified build environments and validation.
• Establish observability, dashboards, and metrics for build pipelines and platform impact.
• Partner across Delivery and adjacent teams to unblock onboarding and reduce coordination overhead.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A proven track record building and owning large-scale distributed services.
• Experience in driving operational excellence and owning services running at four-nines (99.99%) SLOs.
• Experience leveraging AI tooling to boost team productivity.
• A history of building and managing high-performing, accountable team cultures.
• Comfort driving complex projects to completion without relying on a dedicated TPM.
• Experience leading distributed and remote teams effectively.

GitLab supports its employees with benefits such as flexible paid time off, team member resource groups, equity compensation, and a growth and development fund.