Engineering Manager - Database Change Management

As Engineering Manager, Database Change Management, you'll lead a remote backend engineering team in the Database Excellence stage. The team owns database health and the database upgrade experience across GitLab.com and self-managed deployments.

You will guide two missions: keeping one of the largest PostgreSQL installations in the world within its capacity limits, and delivering a multi-year replacement of GitLab's database migration system so customer upgrades become dramatically faster and safer.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead a distributed team of backend engineers working fully asynchronously across time zones.
• Hire, onboard, and develop an India-based engineering cluster.
• Balance the team's database health responsibilities with the multi-quarter migration system replacement.
• Coach engineers from intermediate through senior levels.
• Run the team async-first through written decision records and visible priorities.
• Partner with various teams, including Distribution, Quality Assurance, and infrastructure leadership.

Requirements:

• Engineering management experience leading remote, distributed teams.
• Production PostgreSQL experience, including capacity planning.
• Experience leading a long-horizon platform or infrastructure program.
• Hiring and team-building experience.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Experience coaching and developing backend engineers.
• Ability to set priorities and protect focus while maintaining production health.

GitLab supports full-time employees with benefits such as flexible paid time off, equity compensation, and a growth and development fund.