Engineering Manager, Tenant Scale:Git

gitlab·RemoteRemotelead

In short

→Gestionar un equipo técnico que desarrolla y escala el sistema de control de versiones Git.
→Trabajar en proyecto de alto impacto: escalabilidad de Git, infraestructura y mejoras de rendimiento.
→Enfoque upstream-first: colaboración activa con la comunidad de Git y comunicación escrita clara.

Strong written communication skills in English required

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia comprobada gestionando equipos de ingeniería con reportes directos.
✓Conocimiento profundo del sistema de control de versiones Git y su infraestructura.
✓Capacidad para equilibrar contribuciones al código abierto (upstream) con prioridades internas de GitLab.
✓Habilidades sólidas de comunicación escrita, especialmente en entornos distribuidos y asíncronos.
✓Experiencia liderando proyectos técnicos de largo plazo y alto impacto.
✓Impulsar el crecimiento profesional y el desarrollo de ingenieros senior y staff.

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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 an Engineering Manager, Git at GitLab, you’ll guide a deeply technical team focused on building, maintaining, and providing expertise on the Git version control system. The team’s work spans upstream development of Git, support for teams across GitLab, new tooling, scalability improvements, new data formats, and ongoing maintenance of the Git codebase. This role is a good fit for you if you can guide senior and staff engineers through complex, long-horizon technical work while building a culture of technical rigor, clear accountability, and ownership. You’ll help the team balance upstream open source development with GitLab product and infrastructure priorities, especially as much of the team’s work is centered on Scaling Git and adjacent foundational work. You’ll work in an upstream-first environment where strong relationships with the Git community matter. Mailing-list based collaboration, clear written communication, and thoughtful technical judgment are central to how this team succeeds. Project areas include: • Scaling Git • Git-related infrastructure and foundational performance work What you’ll do • Manage a team of senior and staff engineers working on the Git version control system and Git-related infrastructure. • Build a team culture where technical rigor, clear accountability, and ownership are the norm. • Drive execution on complex, long-horizon work across performance, scalability, maintainability, and core Git architecture. • Help the team balance upstream open source development with GitLab product and infrastructure priorities. • Support your engineers’ growth through feedback, mentoring, career development, and stretch opportunities. • Foster strong written communication and asynchronous alignment across a fully distributed team. • Partner with downstream teams like Gitaly and other stakeholders who rely on Git expertise for performance, feature design, and roadmap clarity. • Represent the team credibly with cross-functional partners and in stakeholder conversations about Git direction, performance, and scalability. What you’ll bring • Experience managing engineering teams with direct reports, including hiring, performance

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