GitLab - Engineering Manager, AI Engineering:Agent Foundations
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Requirements
• 3+ years managing high-performing engineering teams. • Strong technical background in software development. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management abilities. • Hands-on experience with agentic AI in software development, and a genuine excitement for where AI is taking the craft. • Experience with high paced environments, ambiguous requirements and shipping continuously. • A passion for coaching and developing engineers, with a focus on a positive and inclusive team environment. • Experience with building and deploying AI products. • Familiarity with observability systems and reliability engineering. • Strong experience in Python, Ruby, Go and / or TypeScript. • The Agent Execution team is part of the Agent Foundations group. The team is distributed across three continents but unified by the desire to shape the future of software engineering. We’re hard at work creating a product and the infrastructure that changes development processes, building the software engineering tools of tomorrow. We’re partnering with teams both within the AI space as well as all over GitLab to ensure that the Duo Agent Platform can become the backbone of many AI features at GitLab. Examples of such initiatives are configurable network access and sandboxing for agents or allowing the creation of appropriate environments for coding agents.This is an opportunity to lead a team in one of the most exciting areas of GitLab and be at the forefront of the fundamental changes that are happening to the SDLC right now. • How GitLab will support you • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being • Flexible Paid Time Off • Team Member Resource Groups • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Growth and Development Fund • Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. 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're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. • Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process. • Country Hiring Guidelines:
Responsibilities
• Manage a distributed team of engineers across frontend, backend, and AI engineering to deliver core capabilities for the Duo Agent platform on planned timelines and with high engineering quality. • Work with product and UX counterparts to turn customer needs into clear priorities and shipped AI features that improve user adoption and satisfaction. • Participate in technical design and implementation decisions for systems that support secure, scalable agent execution, improving reliability, safety, and performance. • Assist with day-to-day development by staying close to the code, architecture, and engineering tradeoffs facing the team to improve delivery quality and speed. • Monitor delivery progress, identify risks early, and remove blockers so the team maintains momentum and meets key milestones. • Coach engineers through feedback, growth conversations, and hands-on guidance that improves technical quality, execution, and career development. • Promote a team culture grounded in inclusion, curiosity, accountability, and continuous delivery that fosters strong teamwork, healthy engagement, and sustainable execution. • Work with teams across GitLab to strengthen the Duo Agent platform as a foundation for broader AI capabilities and successful cross-team launches.
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