Senior Engineering Manager, Non-Linear Productivity
Core
Building and leading a small, hand-picked pilot team to identify and fix high-leverage friction points in GitLab's own SDLC to drive non-linear productivity improvements.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (0-1 team building, pilot program)
Builds
A pilot squad of engineers and system-level fixes for GitLab's internal CI/CD and SDLC
Domain
Software Development / DevSecOps / CI/CD Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Leading small high-autonomy engineering teams, deep CI/CD and build systems expertise, root-cause analysis, metrics-driven accountability, executive-level communication, talent acquisition
Preferred skills
Experience with agentic or AI-assisted development workflows, running defined-window pilots, familiarity with large-scale build/test systems
Technologies
CI/CD pipelines, build systems, MRPM metrics, pipeline latency tools
Responsibilities
Define operating model for non-linear productivity pilot, personally recruit 4 exceptional engineers, diagnose and fix highest-leverage friction points in SDLC, mentor team on root-cause diagnosis, report on system-level metrics (MRPM, pipeline success rate, latency), ensure fixes are adopted by affected teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
