Remote AI Engineering Manager for Duo Chat

GitLab Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for AI Engineering: Chat to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering AI-powered chat features across the GitLab DevSecOps platform.

You will guide roadmap execution, mentor engineers, and ensure reliable, scalable AI capabilities that enhance developer productivity and security. You will partner with product, design, and QA to align requirements, boost answer quality, and drive performance improvements while maintaining a culture of curiosity,

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering teams in a distributed environment.
• Strong software engineering foundation with the ability to contribute to technical discussions and evaluate engineering tradeoffs.
• Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI or generative AI applied to software development workflows.
• Ability to work effectively through ambiguity, changing requirements, and fast-moving product development.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders.
• Dedication to coaching engineers and creating an inclusive, constructive team environment.
• Comfort balancing people management with technical involvement in day-to-day development.
• Openness to transferable experience from different technical backgrounds if it aligns with managing AI-powered product teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of experienced frontend, backend, and AI engineers to deliver GitLab Duo Chat roadmap commitments across the DevSecOps lifecycle.
• Partner with product and UX teams to define requirements and deliver AI features that address customer needs and improve answer quality.
• Participate in technical architecture and development work for systems that run AI agents at scale, with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Guide day-to-day execution by setting clear direction, tracking progress against milestones, and removing blockers to keep delivery on schedule.
• Coach engineers through feedback, guidance, and development conversations that foster each engineer's growth and overall team performance.
• Promote a team culture grounded in curiosity, inclusion, accountability, and steady delivery against team goals.
• Improve quality, testing, and performance practices that increase coverage, strengthen observability, and keep AI-powered chat workflows reliable in production.

Job description

GitLab Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for AI Engineering: Chat to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering AI-powered chat features across the GitLab DevSecOps platform.

You will guide roadmap execution, mentor engineers, and ensure reliable, scalable AI capabilities that enhance developer productivity and security. You will partner with product, design, and QA to align requirements, boost answer quality, and drive performance improvements while maintaining a culture of curiosity,