Engineering Manager — AI‑Driven Dedicated Infrastructure

GitLab; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a leader to head its Dedicated Infrastructure team, combining hands‑on technical leadership with team development. You’ll balance delivery speed and quality with input from the Product Manager, guiding architecture decisions and incident response.

You’ll demonstrate ideas through proofs of concept and use data to prioritize risk and trade‑offs. You’ll work to maintain high availability, strengthen security, and automate operations to support scaling tenants, while mentoring the

Qualifications

• Experience leading large‑scale distributed services with architectural depth.
• Ability to balance delivery speed and quality with product management guidance.
• Strong incident management and post‑incident learning mindset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Manager to align priorities and delivery.
• Maintain 99.9% availability for Dedicated infrastructure and automate operations.
• Provide clear direction, feedback, and shared ownership across the team.
• Improve platforms and tools to enable self‑service workflows for production teams.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop team members and foster accountability.
• Lead with proofs of concept and AI‑assisted approaches to simplify processes.
• Model incident management, drive timely resolutions, and document best practices.

Skills

Technical leadership

Incident management

Data‑driven decisions

AI‑assisted approaches

Cross‑functional leadership

Job description

GitLab is seeking a leader to head its Dedicated Infrastructure team, combining hands‑on technical leadership with team development. You’ll balance delivery speed and quality with input from the Product Manager, guiding architecture decisions and incident response.

You’ll demonstrate ideas through proofs of concept and use data to prioritize risk and trade‑offs. You’ll work to maintain high availability, strengthen security, and automate operations to support scaling tenants, while mentoring the