Engineering Manager, GitLab
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One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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
- Experience leading engineering teams building developer tools or IDE extensions
- Strong understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript development and some experience with Ruby
- Familiarity with extension development for at least one popular IDE (VS Code, JetBrains, etc)
- Experience with REST API integration in frontend applications
- Background in managing cross-platform development projects
- Understanding of version compatibility management and its challenges
- Excellent people management and mentorship skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with Git workflows and GitLab features (nice to have)
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager for the Editor Extensions team at GitLab, you'll lead a talented group of engineers dedicated to bringing GitLab's powerful features directly into developers' preferred coding environments
- You'll guide your team in building and maintaining extensions for popular IDEs and editors like VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and Neovim, ensuring seamless integration with GitLab's collaboration tools and GitLab Duo AI capabilities
- In this role, you'll balance technical leadership with people management, helping your team deliver high-quality extensions while supporting their professional growth
- You'll collaborate with other engineering teams, product managers, and UX designers to create intuitive developer experiences that boost productivity across multiple platforms while leveraging cutting-edge AI technology
- Lead and manage a team of engineers building extensions for multiple editor platforms
- Drive the technical roadmap for Editor Extensions in collaboration with product management
- Ensure cross-version compatibility between extensions and different GitLab instance versions
- Foster collaboration with the Gitlab Extensions Protocols & AIGW (AI Gateway) teams
- Establish best practices for extension development across multiple platforms
- Mentor and guide engineers to grow their technical and professional skills
- Prioritize team workload and help remove obstacles to team progress
- Represent the team in cross-functional discussions and planning sessions
- Analyze user feedback and metrics to drive continuous improvement of extensions
- Manage team member capacity effectively to achieve team goals and deliver value to users
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.
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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: $434.4m
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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