Distinguished Engineer, Agentic SDLC & Non‑Linear Productivity
Core
Pioneer and scale autonomous, agentic SDLC capabilities within GitLab's DevSecOps platform to drive non-linear productivity gains for millions of users.
Role type
Distinguished Engineer (AI/ML Systems & Agentic Workflows)
Builds
Internal agentic workflows for autonomous MR authoring, test creation, security remediation, and incident response, later productized for customers.
Domain
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), DevSecOps, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
AI/ML systems design, agentic framework expertise, scalable multi-tenant distributed systems, human-in-the-loop controls, technical experimentation, cross-functional leadership, architecture design, mentorship
Preferred skills
GitLab DevSecOps platform familiarity, CI/CD primitives knowledge
Technologies
Large language models, agentic frameworks, autonomous workflow orchestration
Responsibilities
Define company-wide technical vision for agentic SDLC, lead hands-on experiments and prototypes, design reference architectures with safety guardrails, define evaluation frameworks, mentor senior engineers, represent GitLab in open source communities, ensure compliance and data governance
Seniority
Distinguished/Fellow level, strategic technical leadership with hands-on experimentation
