Engineering Manager, GitLab
Software Supply Chain Security: Authentication Infrastructure
$131.6-282k
+ Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Salary applies to California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range
One DevOps platform
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One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$131.6-282k
+ Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Salary applies to California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it so that everyone can contribute. When everyone can contribute, users become contributors and we greatly increase the rate of innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Significant experience in engineering management with focus on infrastructure and distributed systems
- Deep expertise in proxy technologies (Envoy, Traefik, HAProxy, nginx) and edge routing
- Experience with DB technologies and storage, such as RDS, Google Spanner, Postgres or similar
- Strong background in Go and/or Rust for building high-performance infrastructure services
- Experience with service mesh architectures, mTLS, and zero-trust networking
- Expertise in gRPC, REST APIs, and service-to-service communication patterns
- Understanding of token systems (JWT, Macaroons), cryptographic signing, and key management
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment patterns
- Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams focused on infrastructure
- Experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and GitOps practices
- Strong debugging and performance optimization skills for distributed systems
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager for the Auth Infrastructure team at GitLab, you'll lead a talented group of engineers building the critical infrastructure layer that powers GitLab's authentication and authorization systems at scale. This role focuses on the foundational components that enable secure, performant, and reliable identity services across all GitLab deployment models while supporting our transition to a zero-trust architecture
- At GitLab, we see our team as our product. While you'll need deep technical expertise in distributed systems, proxy technologies, and infrastructure security, your primary focus will be on nurturing your team's health, hiring exceptional talent, and positioning them for success
- You'll collaborate closely with the Authentication and Authorization teams to ensure the infrastructure layer can support their requirements, while working with Platform and Infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration across GitLab's architecture
- Your leadership will be instrumental in building the infrastructure foundation for GitLab's Identity and Access Management (IAM) Services
- This is a unique opportunity to solve authentication infrastructure challenges at global scale while enabling GitLab's evolution toward microservices and zero-trust security
- Lead the design and implementation of GitLab's authentication infrastructure layer, including Envoy proxy configuration, token services, and policy decision infrastructure
- Solve critical infrastructure challenges including bi-directional gRPC tunnels, mTLS implementation, short-lived certificate management and service mesh architecture
- Ensure infrastructure supports multiple deployment models: GitLab.com (millions of users), self-managed, Dedicated, and air-gapped environments
- Lead performance optimization efforts for authentication decisions at scale
- Implement infrastructure monitoring, observability, and debugging capabilities for distributed authentication systems
- The Auth Infrastructure team is one of three authentication-focused teams within GitLab's Software Supply Chain Security stage, specifically created to provide the infrastructure foundation for GitLab's authentication transformation
- Your team will tackle some of the most challenging infrastructure problems in distributed systems: building a proxy layer that handles millions of requests per second, implementing zero-downtime migrations of authentication infrastructure, designing resilient token services, and creating the foundation for policy-based authorization at scale
- The team works at the intersection of security and infrastructure, collaborating closely with:
- Authentication & Authorization teams for requirements and integration
- Platform/Infrastructure teams for deployment and operations
- Cells Architecture team for multi-tenant routing and isolation
- Runner team for CI/CD authentication infrastructure
Our take
GitLab is an open-source collaboration platform for developers. It enables teams to build code quickly from anywhere without compromising on security or quality. GitLab already has an estimated 30M+ users from all over the world.
According to a 2021 GitLab report, 60% of developers can release code 2x faster with DevOps platforms that bring teams together and accelerate processes. It stands out by catering to programmers of all experiences. Gitlab's version control system helps streamline the process of creating, maintaining, and deploying code, whoever you are.
GitLab was in the right place to capitalize on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected to continue to grow, and with it, GitLab's popularity. With its successful 2021 IPO and the patronage of major brands such as Nasdaq and Jaguar Land Rover, GitLab is expected to solidify its position as the go-to platform for development teams.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2019
$268m
SERIES E
Dec 2018
$20m
SERIES D
Total funding: $435.2m
Company benefits
- We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
- Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
- Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
- Generous Paid Time Off
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sid Sijbrandij
(CEO)Studied Physics at the University of Twente. Interned at P&G and IBM. Was Lead Architect at the Netherlands' Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2012. Founded app store Comcoaster in 2008, and then co-founded GitLab in 2012.
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