Staff Infrastructure Security Engineer (EMEA/APJ)

gitlab; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Equity compensation

Parental leave

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to lead security across our public cloud infrastructure and SaaS platforms. You will define technical direction for infrastructure security, combining hands-on delivery with influence across partner engineering teams to ensure security is built into the platform from the start.

You will mentor engineers, drive security reviews and threat modeling, and set patterns for AI-assisted security engineering while collaborating with senior leadership to align

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages with production-quality security tooling.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code security, policy-as-code, and automated compliance.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural patterns and security automation for infrastructure security at GitLab.
• Lead security initiatives from problem framing to delivery with clear success criteria.
• Conduct security reviews and threat modeling for complex infrastructure components.
• Set the team's approach to AI-assisted security engineering and leverage patterns.
• Translate architecture tradeoffs into clear decisions for engineering teams and leadership.
• Partner on technical planning and roadmap alignment with business objectives.

Skills

Cloud security

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Ruby

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

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 valuesand 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.

An overview of this role

As a member of the Infrastructure Security Team within the Product Security Department, you will work with teams across GitLab to ensure that the components that comprise our public cloud infrastructure are built from the beginning with resiliency and set security expectations that our customers rely on to power their DevSecOps goals.

As a Staff Security Engineer, you will serve as a technical lead across the topics the Infrastructure Security team owns, including our SaaS Platforms (e.g. GitLab Dedicated, Cells) and Self-Managed offerings. You will define the technical direction for how the team approaches infrastructure security topics and combine hands‑on execution with influence that reaches into partner engineering teams. You’ll drive business outcomes by ensuring that we pragmatically implement security capabilities into the platform that empowers critical software factories globally.

What You’ll Do

• Set architectural patterns, reference implementations, and foundational security automation that shape how infrastructure security is implemented across GitLab
• Lead infrastructure security initiatives from problem framing through delivery, scoping ambiguous multi-quarter work into executable streams with clear success criteria
• Conduct and lead comprehensive security reviews and threat modeling for complex infrastructure components, identifying systemic risks and driving remediation across affected systems
• Set the team's approach to AI-assisted security engineering, identifying where AI can meaningfully increase leverage and establishing patterns others can adopt
• Serve as an authoritative technical voice for Infrastructure Security across our stakeholders, translating architectural tradeoffs into clear decisions for engineering teams and senior leadership
• Partner on technical planning, prioritization, and roadmap development to align technical work with business objectives
• Mentor and develop engineers, raising the technical bar and modeling inclusive collaboration
• Fulfill the Product Security Division Mission of securing GitLab Infrastructure with our own product ("dogfooding")

What You’ll Bring

• Expert knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes) and related infrastructure and data security topics
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby) with a track record of delivering production-quality security tooling
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code security (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), policy-as-code, and automated compliance
• Hands‑on experience applying AI to security workflows, with a point of view on where it creates meaningful leverage
• Track record of leading multi‑team technical initiatives from ambiguous problem statements to measurable outcomes, setting technical direction that peer teams adopt
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to explain security tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
• Familiarity with security certifications, frameworks, and standards (FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS)
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values

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

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