About the company
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.
The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact.
Responsibilities
- Own outcomes for Git & Gitaly Operations, including hiring and developing the Manager, Git & Gitaly Operations.
- Own outcomes for Nonlinear Productivity, also known as Friction Elimination.
- Build and oversee Platform Staff directly as a small, senior team that uses AI-assisted tools.
- Assess, case by case, what Platform Staff picks up.
- Assess when Platform Staff should hand work off to a permanent team once it's stable.
- Set the technical bar across all three functions by personally reviewing distributed systems designs, friction-elimination fixes, and crisis management plans.
- Build the operating rhythm and metrics that keep all three functions running predictably.
- Represent all three functions to peer engineering stakeholders, and step in front of customers directly when Platform Staff is engaged mid-crisis.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of GitLab's development workflows and platform capabilities.
- Hands-on experience designing and shipping distributed systems personally.
- A track record running highly effective engineering operations, including production reliability and incident management.
- A track record driving measurable engineering productivity improvements.
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools.
- People management experience across multiple managers or functions at once.
- Ability to context-switch effectively across genuinely different problem types.
- A track record making staffing decisions that keep a high-leverage team intentionally small.
Conditions
- 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.