Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

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Job Summary

Job Description

As the Engineering Manager for the Developer Experience team, you will lead one to two cross-functional teams, driving improvements to the efficiency, reliability, and overall experience of our internal development workflows. The DevEx team focuses on transforming GitLab’s internal development workflows. You will play a critical role in shaping our strategy and execution—driving improvements to development tools and processes, and helping to establish a strong DevEx Platform culture. DevEx partners closely with GitLab’s Deployment, Release, and development teams. Responsibilities include leading the team, defining technical roadmaps, training developers, building tools, streamlining processes, and identifying bottlenecks.

Must have:

Deep understanding of testing and DevEx solutions.
Strong people management skills, for hiring and support.
Experience leading teams through transformation.
Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills.

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Job Details

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 the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab.

Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise, and Duo Workflow, customers get the benefit of AI 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. All team members are encouraged and expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact across our global organisation.

An overview of this role

As the Engineering Manager for the Developer Experience team, you will lead one to two cross-functional teams of Backend Engineers and Software Engineers in Test, driving improvements to the efficiency, reliability, and overall experience of our internal development workflows. The Developer Experience (DevEx) team is focused on transforming GitLab’s internal development workflows by equipping engineers with the right tools, tests, and interfaces to build and ship high-quality changes efficiently. As we enter a pivotal phase in our evolution, you will play a critical role in shaping our strategy and execution—driving improvements to development tools and processes, and helping to establish a strong DevEx Platform culture. With strong organizational buy-in, your leadership will be key in defining and delivering impactful roadmaps that enable meaningful, lasting change.

DevEx partners closely with GitLab’s Deployment, Release, and development teams across the organization to design and implement effective, scalable DevOps workflows.

Some examples of our projects:

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

Hire and grow an incredible team that lives our values
Define, communicate, and execute a technical roadmap for DevEx improvements
Train and support developers to create and maintain effective tests for their products
Build tools and processes enabling developers to test changes effectively and early
Streamline merge processes and integration tests to provide rapid feedback to developers
Identify bottlenecks and gaps, then prioritize effective solutions to ensure all changes meet customer expectations

What You’ll Bring

Deep understanding and passion for designing and delivering effective testing and DevEx solutions across multiple development teams
Strong people manager skills - we’re looking for managers who can hire and support individuals while forming cohesive teams capable of delivering on company goals
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

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