- Company: GitLab
- Location: Remote, United Kingdom
- Job type: Full-time
About the role
GitLab is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for Gitaly, the company’s Git data storage tier. You will guide senior and staff engineers in building, maintaining, and scaling this critical infrastructure. The role emphasizes technical rigor, clear accountability, and ownership within a fully distributed, remote-first culture that integrates AI into daily workflows.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of senior and staff engineers working on Gitaly and related infrastructure.
- Drive execution on complex, long-horizon projects related to performance, scalability, and core architecture.
- Balance roadmap delivery with broader GitLab product and infrastructure priorities.
- Foster a culture of strong written communication and asynchronous collaboration.
- Support engineer growth through mentoring, feedback, and career development.
- Partner with cross-functional teams and represent the team in stakeholder conversations.
Requirements
- Experience managing engineering teams with direct reports, including hiring and performance management.
- A management philosophy focused on building engineer agency and ownership.
- Proven ability to guide specialized engineers through ambiguity and high-stakes technical tradeoffs.
- Strong written communication skills and experience with remote, asynchronous collaboration.
- Hands-on background in version control systems, distributed systems, or storage engines.
- Ability to engage credibly with systems code and architecture, ideally in Go or similar performance-sensitive environments.
Pay and benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Equity Compensation & 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.
