Engineering Manager, Gitlab Delivery: Upgrades

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/">values</a> and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI">Co-create the future with us</a> as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.</p> <p>*<em>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.</em></p></div><h2>An overview of this role</h2> <p>As the <strong><strong class="textBold">Engineering Manager, GitLab Delivery - Operate</strong></strong>, you’ll guide a globally distributed team focused on making it easier for customers to deploy, upgrade, and run GitLab reliably in their own infrastructure. You’ll help shape the systems and tooling that support environments ranging from single-node virtual machines to large Kubernetes clusters, with a focus on <strong><strong class="textBold">reliability</strong></strong>, <strong><strong class="textBold">operational simplicity</strong></strong>, <strong><strong class="textBold">upgrade velocity</strong></strong>, and <strong><strong class="textBold">zero-downtime capabilities</strong></strong> across <strong><strong class="textBold">GitLab.com</strong></strong>, <strong><strong class="textBold">GitLab Dedicated</strong></strong>, and <strong><strong class="textBold">self-managed</strong></strong> deployments. In this role, you’ll partner closely with a Product Manager and work across Infrastructure Platforms to connect customer needs and business goals with practical engineering choices.</p> <p>This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for someone who wants to support a high-performing team while influencing how GitLab is delivered at scale. In your first year, you’ll help the team deliver better deployment and upgrade experiences, guide technical direction in areas like <strong><strong class="textBold">Kubernetes Operators</strong></strong>, <strong><strong class="textBold">Helm charts</strong></strong>, and <strong><strong class="textBold">cloud-native deployment architectures</strong></strong>, and contribute to incident management to help support the availability of GitLab.com.</p> <h2>What you’ll do</h2> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">Guide</strong></strong> a globally distributed engineering team and create an environment where team members can do strong work and grow in an all-remote, asynchronous setting.</li> <li value="2"><strong><strong class="textBold">Hire</strong></strong> onboard, and develop team members who align with GitLab’s values and contribute to an outcome-focused engineering organization.</li> <li value="3"><strong><strong class="textBold">Manage</strong></strong> and improve agile, asynchronous workflows so the team can deliver deployment tooling and services iteratively and reliably.</li> <li value="4"><strong><strong class="textBold">Partner</strong></strong> with Product Management and engineering peers across Infrastructure Platforms to align team priorities with customer needs and business goals.</li> <li value="5"><strong><strong cla