Staff Forward Deployed Engineer — AI‑Driven Field Product Engineer

GitLab Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) for its Agentic SDLC program. This field-focused role collaborates with strategic customers to diagnose blockers, contribute production-grade fixes, and transform learnings into repeatable patterns for GitLab.

The ideal candidate brings staff-level engineering experience with Ruby/Rails or Go, deep DevSecOps knowledge, and a proven ability to work credibly with senior customer stakeholders while contributing to GitLab’s core product.

Qualifications

• Staff-level experience building or improving complex production software.
• Proven ability to contribute to large codebases with high quality standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Contribute production-grade code to GitLab’s product and adjacent systems.
• Diagnose blockers and drive end-to-end resolution with cross-functional teams.
• Lead AI adoption initiatives and translate learnings into reusable guidance.
• Advise on product direction to ensure scalable, reusable solutions.

Skills

Staff-level experience

Ruby/Rails or Go

Strong communication

Strategic customer experience

Field engineering

Tools

GitLab platform

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

Job description

GitLab is seeking a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) for its Agentic SDLC program. This field-focused role collaborates with strategic customers to diagnose blockers, contribute production-grade fixes, and transform learnings into repeatable patterns for GitLab.

The ideal candidate brings staff-level engineering experience with Ruby/Rails or Go, deep DevSecOps knowledge, and a proven ability to work credibly with senior customer stakeholders while contributing to GitLab’s core product.