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Posted 1 weeks agoSenior Engineering Manager, Non-Linear Productivity
at GitLab
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Responsibilities
- Define and continuously refine the operating model for the non-linear productivity pilot: what "friction" means, how it's diagnosed, and how fixes are prioritized against the three system-level metrics.
- Identify and prioritize non-linear productivity opportunities (step-change fixes rather than incremental gains) across the SDLC, including flaky tests, review latency, pipeline reliability, tooling gaps, and context loss for both human and agentic contributors.
- Negotiate allocation models (100% vs. partial/dual-hat) with each engineer's current EM, balancing team commitments against the pilot's needs.
- Mentor the engineers on this team in root-cause diagnosis and shift-left thinking, raising the bar for rigor versus reaching for the nearest patch.
- Lead hands-on investigation to instrument and baseline the three top-level metrics (MRPM, pipeline success rate, pipeline latency) so the org has an honest starting point before any fix is proposed.
- Diagnose the highest-leverage friction points dragging each metric down, and validate hypotheses with real data before committing team time to a fix.
- Design and implement fixes that compound, including shift-left quality changes, tooling investment, and better context and interfaces for both humans and agents, rather than one-off patches.
- Own a small set of high-impact friction areas as pathfinders, driving each from diagnosis through fix to measurable metric movement.
- Track and report metric movement honestly, including when a bet didn't pay off.
- Ensure the pilot's fixes degrade gracefully and don't introduce new reliability risk into CI/CD systems that other teams depend on.
- Track record leading small, high-autonomy engineering teams, ideally in developer productivity, CI/CD, platform, or infrastructure reliability, measured on system-level outcomes rather than feature delivery.
Requirements
- GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps.
- 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.
- Experience with agentic or AI-assisted development workflows, and a view on where human/agent friction shows up differently than pure human friction. Prior
- experience running a defined-window pilot or 0 to 1 initiative with explicit success criteria.
- Familiarity with GitLab's own CI/CD internals, or equivalent depth on another large-scale build/test system.
- Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification.
- If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation , please let us know during the recruiting process .
Benefits
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- The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only.
- This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits.
- benefits and equity . Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.
- United States Salary Range $190,000 — $245,000 USD How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees •
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave
Additional details
- More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100
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- Senior Engineering Managers at GitLab own outcomes for a defined engineering domain, build and grow the team that delivers them, and are trusted to operate with significant autonomy against a clear mandate.
- This Senior Engineering Manager role focuses on driving non-linear productivity by building and leading a small, hand-picked team of engineers who find and fix the highest-leverage friction points in GitLab's own SDLC.