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Engineering Manager, Geo for Self-Managed Customers
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Engineering Manager, Geo for Self-Managed Customers
Senior Technology Engineering Manager, Geo Self-Managed Team
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. We enable organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. Trusted by over 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100*, GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation thrive, and every voice is valued.
Our team embraces AI as a core productivity multiplier—every team member is expected to integrate AI into daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. Join us as we co-create the future of software development.
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About the Role
We’re seeking a Technical Engineering Manager to lead a team designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems for self-managed customers. You’ll own the Geo product end-to-end—tenant-to-tenant replication that serves as the backbone for disaster recovery strategies.
This is your chance to shape a critical infrastructure layer, driving reliability, performance, and innovation across GitLab’s Self-Managed deployments.
What You’ll Bring
- Architecture & Leadership: A proven track record of building, owning, and executing large-scale distributed services with deep technical insight to guide strategy and tactical execution.
- Operational Excellence: Experience ensuring high-availability systems (99.99%+ SLOs), including owning critical incident resolution and incident management rotations.
- AI-First Mindset: Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools to enhance team productivity, with tangible lessons from both successful implementations and missteps.
- Team Culture & Impact: A history of building accountable, high-performing teams, including the courage to manage underperformance when needed.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Comfort with driving complex projects autonomously without designated program managers.
- Remote Leadership: Strong ability to lead distributed teams effectively across time zones (India-anchored, with EMEA hiring for timezone alignment).
Key Responsibilities
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Build & Scale the Geo Product
- Lead the roadmap and execution for Geo’s Self-Managed offerings, collaborating closely with the Product Manager.
- Shape a high-performing, cross-functional engineering team where members thrive—focusing on quality at speed.
Technical Ownership
- Ensure the reliability, correctness, and performance of Geo replication—the critical layer underpinning disaster recovery for Self-Managed deployments.
- Own bug fixes, API extensions, and new capabilities in the shared Geo codebase, collaborating with embedded SMEs across teams to streamline commit resolution.
Operational Rigor
- Build, refine, and maintain runbooks, guardrails, and review processes to enable high rigor and self-service.
- Encourage a culture of ownership while ensuring hyper-responsive escalation resolution—from Support and internal partners.
Performance-Tracking & Incident Response
- Define, track, and report on Delivery and operational metrics, using insights to fuel continuous improvement.
- Rotate on-call in the Incident Management rotation, partnering with reliability engineers to uphold availability goals.
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How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees
GitLab is committed to fostering a high-performing culture. Benefits include:
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Global Team Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth & Development Fund
- Parental Leave
Notice for All Candidates
We welcome applications from candidates at all career stages. Studies show that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to roles they see as “unqualified.” Visa sponsorship is available for eligible roles ((for details, contact our recruiters during the process).
Our Commitment to Inclusion
GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to making our workplace—and technology—available to every person, regardless of:
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GitLab does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these (or any other) characteristics. See our EEO Policy and EEO is the Law.
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