Engineering Manager, Architecture Engineering: Async

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Work arrangement: Remote
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Employment type: Full-time
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GitLab operates an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, aiding organizations in boosting developer productivity, enhancing operational efficiency, minimizing security risks, and accelerating digital transformation. The company serves over 50 million registered users and more than half of the Fortune 100. GitLab maintains a remote-first work environment where artificial intelligence is utilized as a key productivity multiplier. As the Engineering Manager, Architecture Engineering: Async, the selected individual will direct a dispersed…

Job Description

As the Engineering Manager, Architecture Engineering: Async, the selected individual will direct a dispersed team of Backend Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers. This position involves guiding team growth, overseeing professional development, and maintaining a balance between platform roadmap projects and production reliability. Key technical focuses for the group include executing zero-downtime Redis version upgrades, accommodating single-tenant and cell-based deployments, and leading the transition from queue-based job orchestration to a robust workflow engine. The role oversees service-level objectives, error budgets, capacity planning, and operational reviews while participating in on-call duties and incident management.

This opportunity suits engineering leaders with a background in managing distributed technical teams running high-performance services at scale. Candidates should possess technical knowledge in background job processing, caching systems, reliability management, and leading continuous on-call rotations across multiple international time zones.

Responsibilities

Lead, hire, and mentor a distributed team of site reliability engineers and backend engineers
Oversee production reliability for job processing and caching platforms through error budgets, alerting, and operational reviews
Manage capacity planning, support escalations, and incident follow-ups while balancing operational demands with roadmap initiatives
Coordinate the team schedule for first-tier production on-call rotations and serve as incident commander for high-severity events
Direct zero-downtime Redis upgrades and automate operating system patching and reboots
Transition job processing mechanisms to support single-tenant and cell-based infrastructure
Execute the migration roadmap from queue-based job orchestration to a durable workflow engine
Drive quarterly planning and define collaborative operational responsibilities with partner teams

Requirements

Experience managing an engineering team delivering high-performance production services at scale
Technical familiarity with background job processing and caching tools like Redis and Sidekiq
Background in managing service reliability against defined service-level objectives and burn-rate alerts
Experience operating a 24/7 on-call rotation and handling severe operational incidents
Track record of balancing roadmap objectives with operational work and adjusting project scope when deadlines demand
Experience managing a remote team across international time zones in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific

Core Skills

Git Recruitment

Benefits

Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Growth and Development Fund
Parental Leave

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is this position remote?

Yes, GitLab roles are remote, though certain positions may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements based on country hiring guidelines.

What is the employment type?

This is a full-time position.

What salary is offered for this role?

The salary is not stated in the job posting.

What technologies will this team manage?

The team manages background processing layers including Sidekiq infrastructure, Redis clusters for caching, sessions, rate limiting, queues, and shared state, along with object storage and Git repository storage.