Engineering Manager, Build
Lead the Build team at GitLab, focusing on operational excellence and strategy for secure software delivery.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Role intensity
10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
We embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows.
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Engineering Manager for Build at GitLab leads a team responsible for transforming source code into secure, distributable artifacts, ensuring operational excellence and efficiency in the build process. This role requires expertise in large-scale distributed services, operational metrics, and leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in managing high-performing teams and driving complex projects to completion, making it suitable for experienced leaders in software engineering. GitLab's culture emphasizes collaboration and innovation, reflecting its commitment to continuous improvement.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 2, 2026. Last confirmed on GitLab's careers page October 26, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Engineering Manager, Build role remote?
- Yes — GitLab lists this as a fully remote position.
- What seniority level is this role?
- GitLab targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Engineering Manager, Build role at GitLab.
From the original posting
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.
Summary:
Lead the Build team within GitLab Delivery, accountable for the strategy, execution, and operational excellence of the systems that turn GitLab source code into secure, verified, and distributable artifacts for Self-Managed and other delivery targets. The role owns the build platform foundations that make component delivery faster, more consistent, and more self-service for development teams, while ensuring artifacts are reliable for customers to install and operate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the Build team roadmap across UBT, TUBE, and the broader build platform.
- Own delivery of GitLab distributable artifacts, including packages, container images, and cloud marketplace images.
- Drive a build-once, deploy-everywhere model across Omnibus, CNG, and future delivery targets.
- Lead centralized dependency management and coordinated dependency updates across components.
- Ensure supply chain security through SBOMs, provenance, vetted dependencies, and compliant build isolation.
- Create self-service onboarding paths with standard CI templates, documentation, and paved paths.
- Improve build quality and consistency through unified build environments and validation.
- Establish observability, dashboards, and metrics for build pipelines and platform impact.
- Partner across Delivery and adjacent teams to unblock onboarding and reduce coordination overhead.
What you'll bring:
- Proven track record building and owning large-scale distributed services, with the technical depth to dive into architecture and guide the team on technical strategy
- Experience in driving operational excellence and you've owned services running at four-nines (99.99%) SLOs and know what it takes to keep them there
- Experience leveraging AI tooling to boost team productivity, with real lessons learned from both wins and missteps
- A history of building and managing high-performing, accountable team cultures, including managing out when necessary
- Comfort driving complex projects to completion without relying on a dedicated TPM
- Experience leading distributed and remote teams effectively
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