Customer Success Engineer

GitLab; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Customer Success Engineer to provide technical guidance and support for clients, ensuring successful product adoption and expansion. The ideal candidate will have experience in GitLab use cases and DevSecOps tools, with excellent communication skills and the ability to serve as a trusted advisor. This position is remote, providing flexibility, and aims to enhance customer satisfaction and business outcomes.

Benefits

Remote work flexibility

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in SCM, CI, CD, DevSecOps, or Agile Planning.
• Capacity to communicate complex technical problems.
• Ability to be a trusted technical advisor.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers in a technical consultancy role.
• Provide best practice guidance on solutions.
• Drive measurable business outcomes leading to product adoption.

Skills

GitLab use case expertise

DevSecOps tools proficiency

Technical communication skills

Time management

Job description

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

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. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

The Customer Success Engineering team focuses on the themes of align, enable, and expand. In this role, the Customer Success Engineer (CSE) provides subject matter expertise on GitLab technical and product solutions and best practices. CSEs work alongside CSMs to provide customers with technical guidance, go in-depth on use case implementation, and demonstrate the value of GitLab product capabilities.

What you'll do

• Engage with customers, through Zoom calls and emails, in a technical consultancy and advisor role during the post-sales process while providing technical and solution guidance
• Provide technical, architectural and best practice guidance
• Drive the achievement of measurable value (business outcomes), leading to product adoption, renewal, and expansion
• Align with Account Executives and Renewals Managers to provide customer-facing subject matter expertise based on the customer’s business objectives
• Focus on solution-based programs that are customized to fit an individual customer’s needs
• Develop and collaborate on customer workshops, demos, and other enablement
• Maintain specialty competency in one or more technologies related to GitLab’s market focus through activities such as training, certification and creation of working examples for reuse internally and by customers and partners
• Continuously improve professional skills with a focus on personal mastery and team learning through activities such as training, reading and seeking mentorship from others
• Contributes to our docs, YouTube channel, and other enablement programs such as the Digital Journey

What you'll bring

• Experience with a GitLab use case (SCM, CI, CD, DevSecOps, Agile Planning) to provide in-depth customer guidance and enablement
• Proficiency using DevSecOps tools or highly technical tooling in adjacent fields
• Specialize in GitLab use cases to provide in-depth guidance and enablement to customers of all sizes, including large enterprise organizations
• Technical experience in development or systems engineering
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
• Have demonstrated the ability to become a trusted technical advisor to customer and business leaders
• Exceptional verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
• Excellent time management and ability to work with several different teams at any given time

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find their job title on our team page.

Qualified candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute screening call with one of our Global Recruiters.

The hiring manager interview is the first of the interviews with the Customer Success team. This interview is with the manager of the team the candidate is applying to join. It is a 45 minute interview.

The panel interview consists of several members of the Customer Success team. It typically includes the hiring manager and two other team members. This is a 60 minute interview, with the following format:

• Live demonstration based on the guidance provided ahead of the interview by the recruiter
• General discussion and questions from the panel

Executive Interview

Conducted by the Senior Director of Customer Success, this is a discussion with the candidate as a final assessment interview to evaluate the candidate’s suitability for the role. This is a 30 minute interview.

Reference and Background Check

Once the candidate has successfully completed all interview stages with positive recommendations at each stage, GitLab will complete reference checks and a background check.

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.

GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, discharge status from the military, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.