- Company: GitLab
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: Not specified
- Deadline: Not specified
About the role
GitLab is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Authentication team in Bangalore. You will build and guide a team of engineers responsible for how users, applications, and AI agents sign in to GitLab. This role requires technical credibility in authentication protocols and a focus on hiring, growing talent, and delivering on commitments that other parts of the company depend on.
Responsibilities
- Hire, onboard, and grow a team of senior and intermediate engineers in Bangalore.
- Own delivery for the authentication roadmap, planning in milestones and tracking risks early.
- Collaborate with Staff Engineers and Product Managers to turn architecture decisions into shippable features.
- Manage requests from other teams through a single intake path and make trade-offs visible to leadership.
- Coordinate with GATE Core, GATE Infra, Authorization, and Tenant Scale teams across India, Europe, and the Americas.
- Ensure the team runs what it builds, including on-call coverage, incident response, and production readiness.
- Foster a culture where security comes first, decisions are documented, and code review is thorough and kind.
- Provide clear, regular feedback and handle performance issues early.
Requirements
- Significant experience as an engineering manager of backend or platform teams, including hiring and growing senior engineers.
- Background in identity, authentication, or security systems with depth in OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and JSON Web Tokens.
- Experience delivering complex, multi-team programs against fixed dates, including migrations that must not disrupt existing customers.
- Experience running production services, including on-call coverage, incident response, and reliability work.
- Working knowledge of Ruby on Rails or Go.
- Experience building or growing a team quickly while maintaining high hiring standards.
- Clear, concise written English and comfort leading a team in an all-remote, asynchronous environment.
Pay and benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off.
- Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Growth and Development Fund.
- Parental Leave.
- Team Member Resource Groups.
How to apply
Apply directly on GitLab’s own careers website. Omadaily never charges job seekers.
