Engineering Manager, Distribution: Build

The GitLab DevSecOps platform empowers 100,000+ organizations to deliver software faster and more efficiently. We are one of the world’s largest all-remote companies with 2,000+ team members and values that foster a culture where people embrace the belief that everyone can contribute. Learn more about Life at GitLab.

An overview of this role

As the Engineering Manager for the Distribution team, you will take overall responsibility for hiring, team management, agile project management, and the quality of this project. This position reports to the Director of Engineering, Enablement.  

Managers in the engineering department at GitLab see the team as their product. While they are technically credible and know the details of what developers work on, their time is spent hiring a world-class team and putting them in the best position to succeed. They own the delivery of product commitments and are always looking to improve productivity. They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals. 

Some examples of our projects: 

• GitLab Operator
• GitLab Charts
• GitLab Omnibus

What you’ll do  

• Help your developers grow their skills and experience
• Author project plans for epics
• Run agile project management processes
• Conduct code reviews, and make technical contributions to product architecture as well as getting involved in solving bugs and delivering small features
• Actively seek and hire globally-distributed talent
• Conduct managerial interviews for candidates, and train the team to screen candidates
• Contribute to the sense of psychological safety on your team
• Generate and implement process improvements
• Hold regular 1:1's with all members their team
• Foster technical decision making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary
• Author project plans for epics
• Draft quarterly OKRs
• Run agile project management process
• Train engineers to screen candidates and conduct managerial interviews
• Improve product quality, security, and performance

What you’ll bring

• Exquisite communication: Regularly achieve consensus amongst departments
• Demonstrated experience in a leadership role with current technical experience
• Experience with application packaging, deployment and configurations
• Experience with Kubernetes, Operators, Helm Chart, Omnibus, Go and Cloud Native technologies, in addition to any experience required by the position's specialty
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You share our values, and work in accordance with those values
• Experience in a peak performance organization …