Senior Engineering Manager - Continuous Deployment

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.

An Overview of This Role

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 AI-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 AI-native governance. You'll align technical direction with customer needs and business goals in an asynchronous, remote-first environment.

What You'll Do

• 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 AI tools in daily workflows to drive 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 escalation is needed.
• Participate in the incident management on-call rotation to help maintain availability targets for GitLab.com.

What You'll Bring

• Experience managing engineering teams, 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, defining processes, and establishing team practices.
• Experience working across functions and moving work forward in ambiguous or fast-changing situations.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills tailored for an asynchronous, remote-first environment.

Benefits & Compensation

• Comprehensive benefits to support health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Growth and Development Fund
• Paid parental leave
• Team Member Resource Groups