Engineering Manager, Developer Experience: Performance Enablement

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

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.

As an Engineering Manager in the Developer Experience (DevEx) group, you will lead 1–2 teams of Backend Engineers and Software Engineers in Test. Your mission: deliver the tools, processes, and testing platforms that enable GitLab developers to ship high-quality changes faster and with confidence.

You’ll join DevEx at a transformative time. With strong executive support and cross-functional alignment, we’re evolving our internal development platform to improve efficiency and developer satisfaction. This is an opportunity to shape our roadmap, influence company-wide engineering culture, and lead a team through meaningful change.

We collaborate closely with GitLab’s Deployment and Release teams and engineering groups across the company to create seamless DevOps workflows and standardized development practices.

Current Projects

DevEx is currently working on:

• Transforming our test suites and approach to empower development teams to fully own the tests for their features
• Standardizing GitLab APIs and creating guidelines and training to provide a foundational API platform that makes it easier for feature teams to build new capabilities
• Enhancing developer environments to improve development workflow and simplify local testing

What You’ll Do

In this role, you'll balance technical leadership with people management, to help DevEx:

• Build, coach, and support high-performing teams aligned to GitLab’s values
• Define and drive a roadmap for test infrastructure, tooling, and DevEx improvements
• Enable engineering teams to own and maintain reliable, effective test suites
• Create tools and processes that streamline local development and testing
• Improve merge pipelines and feedback loops to support faster iteration
• Identify DevEx friction points and deliver impactful, scalable solutions
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence

What You’ll Bring

• Deep understanding and passion for designing and delivering effective testing and DevEx solutions across multiple development teams
• Strong people leadership skills with a track record of building inclusive, collaborative teams
• Experience leading teams through transformation, with the ability to identify high-impact changes and gain buy-in from your team and stakeholders
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills to build and maintain relationships throughout the company

About the Team

The Developer Experience group builds the internal tools and systems that GitLab engineers use every day. We focus on delivering scalable infrastructure, intuitive processes, and smart defaults that reduce friction and boost productivity. We’re solving challenges that impact every GitLab engineer—from test reliability to API standardization—and we believe a great internal platform is key to building great products.

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