Senior Engineering Manager, DevEx

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. 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. * 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. An overview of this role As a Senior Engineering Manager in Delivery Enablement, you'll help shape the platform foundations we use to make software delivery at GitLab more consistent, reliable, and easier to scale. You'll oversee approximately four to five engineering teams through the engineering managers who lead them, with work spanning shared development tooling, developer environments, language SDKs, API lifecycle management, and observability. This role is unique because you'll help define a Kubernetes-first platform vision that supports GitLab.com, GitLab Dedicated, and self-managed deployments, including environments that run on premises. In your first year, you'll create clearer technical direction, strengthen execution across teams, and align work to unified platform standards. You'll report to the Director of Delivery Enablement. You'll succeed by combining people management with technical depth: engaging in details, making sound calls amid change, and moving teams forward with transparency and accountability. This role is ideal if you have experience in platform engineering, grasp the complexities of operating across both cloud and on-prem environments, and want to work in a space where Kubernetes, Helm, AI-enabled workflows, and developer productivity intersect. The work spans areas such as: Shared development tooling, including project templates and reusable CI pipeline components A developer environment that gives engineers a consistent path from local workstations and CI through to GitLab.com, Dedicated, and Self-Managed Language SDKs that integrate cleanly with platform tooling so product teams can focus on business logic instead of integration plumbing API lifecycle conventions that give teams a common approach to versioning and evolving service interfaces Observability tooling that turns raw signals into SLOs and SLIs for production services What you’ll do Lead engineering teams working on developer tooling and platform capabilities that support faster, more consistent software delivery across GitLab, measured through improvements in build times, observability, and delivery consistency. Drive a Kubernetes-first platform vision that supports both cloud and self-managed environments, including the tradeoffs needed for on-prem delivery. Guide technical and organizational decisions across areas such as developer environments, packaging, local and hosted testing workflows, and integration with broader platform efforts. Collaborate closely with engineering leaders, staff engineers, and adjacent teams to ensure DevEx investments connect cleanly with platform architecture and operatio