[Hiring] Senior Engineering Manager, DevEx @GitLab

Role Description

As a Senior Engineering Manager within Delivery Enablement, you'll manage four teams: developer tooling (Caproni), observability enablement, performance enablement, and development analytics. Your mandate is to build a coherent, Kubernetes-first platform vision that serves GitLab.com, Dedicated, and thousands of self-managed deployments.

In your first year, you'll create clarity around technical direction, strengthen team execution, and align work with unified platform standards. You'll report to the Director of Delivery Enablement.

You'll succeed by combining people management with technical depth:

• Engaging in details
• Making sound calls amid change
• Moving teams forward with transparency and accountability

This role is ideal if you're passionate about platform engineering and want to work in a space where Kubernetes, Helm, AI-enabled workflows, and developer productivity intersect.

• Developer Tooling (Caproni): Platform foundations and tools that help engineers write and test code efficiently
• Observability Enablement: Provide infrastructure and tooling to enable engineers to monitor and operate production services
• Performance Enablement: Helping teams optimize build and delivery performance
• Development Analytics: Providing insights into developer experience and workflow metrics

Qualifications

• Experience leading remote engineering teams through change and ambiguity
• Strong technical background in Kubernetes platforms
• Working knowledge of Helm and containerized delivery models
• Experience with self-managed, on-prem, or bare metal environments
• Ability to evaluate technical tradeoffs and contribute informed opinions on platform architecture
• Experience with performance management and coaching
• Hands-on experience with CLI-based AI coding tools
• Relevant experience in platform, infrastructure, SRE, or developer productivity roles

Requirements

• Lead engineering teams working on developer tooling and platform capabilities
• Drive a Kubernetes-first platform vision
• Guide technical and organizational decisions
• Collaborate closely with engineering leaders and adjacent teams
• Manage team health, performance, and prioritization in a remote environment
• Develop clear direction from high-level strategy
• Support the adoption of AI-assisted development practices
• Improve execution by creating clarity and encouraging strong technical discussion

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental leave
• Home office support