engineering
Posted 2 weeks agoSenior Professional Services Engineer - Japan
at GitLab
JapanRemote
Responsibilities
- Deliver GitLab Professional Services engagements, including installation, migration, training, and advisory services across GitLab capabilities.
- Plan and execute deployments ranging from single-node Omnibus installations to large reference architectures using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code practices.
- Lead migrations from multiple source systems to GitLab SaaS or self-managed GitLab, helping customers adopt secure, reliable workflows.
- Mentor Associate and Intermediate Professional Services Engineers, providing technical guidance, helping remove blockers, and supporting increased autonomy.
- Manage and deliver multiple customer engagements at once, either as the primary engineer or as a lead providing oversight and direction to other engineers. What you’ll bring
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.
- As a Senior Professional Services Engineer at GitLab, you'll work directly with customers to deliver installation, migration, training, and advisory services that help them adopt GitLab successfully.
- You'll also guide migrations from other systems to GitLab SaaS or self-managed deployments, and help customers make practical decisions that improve reliability, security, and day-to-day workflows.
- Interface with GitLab's product and engineering teams to unblock customer outcomes and share feedback that helps improve GitLab features and services.
- Professional exposure with one or more infrastructure as code or configuration as code technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Puppet, or Chef.
- Professional exposure with two or more cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure. •
- Experience using, deploying, or configuring GitLab, including a solid understanding of Git and source control workflows. •
- Experience delivering customer-facing services such as installation, migration, training, and advisory engagements across GitLab's feature set.
- Proven ability to independently manage one or more projects and to lead and provide direction to other Professional Services Engineers on complex engagements.
- Strong communication skills in English, written and verbal, with the ability to provide clear status updates and build consensus with peers and customers in a remote, largely asynchronous environment.
- Demonstrated ability to take a solution-oriented approach by identifying root causes, proposing options and tradeoffs, and driving issues to resolution while balancing multiple customer engagements in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fully remote organization by communicating clearly in writing, documenting decisions, collaborating asynchronously across time zones, and working in ways consistent with GitLab's values.
- 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
- 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
- trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.
- GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued.
- Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems.
- Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.
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- Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025.
- Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.
- You'll lead engagements from single-node Omnibus installs to large reference architectures built with infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration as code.
- In this role, you'll work closely with customers and GitLab's product and engineering teams to drive customer success and share feedback that improves GitLab and how we deliver services.