Engineering Manager, Dedicated Infrastructure

Engg; United States; Remote; USD 153,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Paid Time Off

Equity Compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth and Development Fund

Parental Leave

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a leader to own and scale distributed services within our Dedicated infrastructure. You will partner with Product management, drive architecture decisions, and automate operations to support multiple tenants and high availability.

Strong AI-enabled approaches will be encouraged to boost team productivity and delivery speed. Ideal candidates bring experience leading distributed teams, proficiency with Terraform and AWS, and a proven track record of managing services with high

Qualifications

• Experience building and owning large-scale distributed services.
• Experience with fleet management and automated provisioning at scale.
• Experience owning services with very high availability (SLOs).
• Experience using AI tools to improve productivity.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Manager to set priorities and deliver with quality and speed.
• Maintain 99.9% availability for Dedicated infrastructure and automate operations.
• Provide direction, feedback, and shared ownership across development and operations.
• Lead self-service platforms enabling production management by feature implementers.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop team members and foster accountability.
• Lead by example with proofs of concept and AI-assisted approaches.
• Automate repetitive manual work and document best practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Terraform

AWS

AI tooling

Remote leadership

Team building

Technical strategy

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Job description

An overview of this role

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. 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. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

What you’ll do

• Partner with the team's Product Manager to set clear priorities and deliver with quality and speed.
• Maintain at least 99.9% availability for Dedicated infrastructure, strengthen security, and automate operations to support more tenants at scale.
• Give your team clear direction and meaningful feedback, and build shared ownership of development and operations.
• Improve the platforms and tools your team owns so feature implementers can manage their services in production through self-service workflows.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop productive team members, supporting their growth and accountability.
• Lead by example with proofs of concept and artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted approaches.
• Simplify processes and automate repetitive manual work.
• Model effective incident management, lead timely resolution and escalation, and document and teach best practices across GitLab.
• Use data to prioritize work, quantify impact, and manage risk and technical debt.
• Explain technical trade-offs to stakeholders to support their decisions.

What you’ll bring

• A track record of building and owning large-scale distributed services, with the technical depth to evaluate architecture and guide technical strategy.
• Experience with fleet management, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and automated provisioning at a scale of 20 or more clusters.
• Experience owning services with 99.99% availability service-level objectives (SLOs), and an understanding of the operational practices needed to sustain them.
• Experience using AI tools to improve team productivity, with lessons learned from both successes and missteps.
• Experience building and managing accountable, high-performing teams, including addressing underperformance and making difficult performance decisions when needed.
• The ability to lead complex projects to completion without relying on a dedicated Technical Program Manager.
• Experience leading distributed, remote teams effectively.

About the team

We build and operate the large-scale distributed infrastructure for GitLab Dedicated, our hosted software as a service (SaaS) platform. Our work centers on availability, security, fleet management, and automated provisioning across tenants. We also build self-service platforms and tools that enable feature implementers to own their services in production. At GitLab, our mission is simple: to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. We collaborate asynchronously, with autonomy, accountability, and transparency guiding how we work.

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. 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, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary. United States Salary Range $152,800 - $259,200 USD How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

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 p