Engineering Manager, Gitlab Delivery: Upgrades

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Remote
Remote
Kubernetes operators expertise
Helm charts for stateful applications
Deployment tooling and upgrade orchestration
GitLab is a globally distributed team focused on improving deployment and upgrade experiences for customers running GitLab on various infrastructures

Job Summary

  • GitLab is a globally distributed team focused on improving deployment and upgrade experiences for customers running GitLab on various infrastructures.
  • The role involves guiding a high-performing team, partnering with Product Management, and influencing technical direction in Kubernetes Operators, Helm charts, and cloud-native architectures.
  • GitLab supports employees with benefits for health, finances, well-being, and flexible paid time off.

Matching Summary

GitLab is a globally distributed team focused on improving deployment and upgrade experiences for customers running GitLab on various infrastructures.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Kubernetes Operators expertise
  • Helm charts for stateful applications
  • Deployment tooling and upgrade orchestration
  • Managing distributed engineering teams
  • Cloud-native deployment architectures
  • Zero-downtime upgrade strategies

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with incident management
  • Asynchronous remote team leadership
  • Collaboration across Infrastructure and Support
  • Focus on operational simplicity
  • Outcome-focused engineering culture
  • Interest in open source and developer tools

Key Requirements

  • Experience leading deployment or SRE teams at scale
  • Strong technical knowledge of Kubernetes and Helm
  • Understanding of database lifecycle and schema migrations
  • Experience supporting enterprise or consumer-scale platforms
  • Ability to communicate complex technical tradeoffs
  • Experience building distributed remote teams
  • Effective cross-functional collaboration skills

Work Rights

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