Field CTO
Join GitLab as a Field CTO to drive strategic engagements and provide thought leadership in DevSecOps transformations.
Posted by employer 16 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
What you'll build
- Create and maintain relationships with customer executives
- Provide executive-level thought leadership on strategic opportunities
- Curate and manage field feedback
- Act as a prospect/customer advocate on DevSecOps transformation initiatives
- Build and maintain subject matter expertise related to GitLab targeted technology sectors
Must have
- Significant experience as a CTO/Principal Solution Architect
- Experience delivering information/Cyber Security and compliance related solutions
- Experience with software development tools, practices, and methodologies
- Strong verbal and written skills
- Ability and willingness to learn and use GitLab
Practical constraints
- Ability to travel and comply with the company’s travel policy
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
In the role of Field CTO at GitLab, the individual will engage with customer executives to drive strategic initiatives and enhance customer success through DevSecOps transformations. This position requires a strong background in enterprise software development workflows, cybersecurity, and compliance solutions, along with excellent communication skills to articulate strategies across all organizational levels. Ideal candidates will have significant experience as a Principal Solutions Architect or CTO, and will thrive in a collaborative environment focused on innovation and customer advocacy.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 20, 2026. Last confirmed on GitLab's careers page October 20, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Field CTO role remote?
- Yes — GitLab lists this as a fully remote position.
- What seniority level is this role?
- GitLab targets principal-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Field CTO 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.
About the role
We are currently hiring a Field CTO to join our Strategic Field Organization at a Principal Solutions Architect level to be based in Australia or Singapore. This role reports into our Global Head, Field CTOs. The Strategic Field Organization is a team of Principal Solutions Architects that supports global strategic prospects and customers. This team collaborates with the regional account teams to work together on large engagements that require a high degree of strategic planning - such as DevSecOps transformation, solution recommendations, and advisory for our customer's senior technical leadership.
Field Solutions Architects (SA) are the trusted advisors to GitLab prospects and customers during the presales motion. We demonstrate how the GitLab platform and GitLab Professional Services address common and unique business requirements. Our Solution Architect team adds value to GitLab's customers by providing subject matter expertise and industry experience throughout the sales process and collaborating internally with the product.
Our Field SA's also engage proactively with existing GitLab customers to provide thought-leadership, engage in innovative solutions, collaborate around evangelism activities around unique customer requirements (i.e. meetups and presentations) and continuously seek market feedback to improve the GitLab platform.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain relationships with customer executives that contribute to large Net ARR deals and customer success
- Provide executive-level, thought leadership on strategic opportunities (i.e., new logo and growth)
- Curate and manage field feedback, while collaborating with the product team on roadmap and issue prioritization
- Scale and grow regional-level expertise within the field (SAE/AE,SA,CSM) through contributions to enablement and content
- Act as a prospect / customer advocate on DevSecOps transformation initiatives
- Build and maintain select subject matter expertise related to GitLab targeted technology sectors through industry monitoring and participation in external working groups, committees and development projects
- Keep up to date on GitLab-relevant emerging methodologies and technologies and leverage that knowledge to drive solution strategy and influence product strategy
What you'll bring
- Significant experience as a CTO/ Principal Solution Architect with architecture of enterprise software development workflow
- Experience delivering information/Cyber Security and compliance related solutions and assessments
- Experience with software development tools, practices, and methodologies
- Strong verbal and written skills with a strong ability to articulate and communicate strategies to all levels in an organization (i.e., executive to staff engineer)
- Ability and willingness to learn and use GitLab as an integral part of the role
- Ability to travel and comply with the company’s travel policy
How GitLab will support you
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental leave
- Home office support
How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees
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