Engineering Manager - Create
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An overview of this role
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.
Some examples of our projects:
What You’ll Do
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
What You’ll Bring
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)
How GitLab will support you
All remote, asynchronous work environment
Home office support
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.
Remote-Global
About the job
Engineering Manager - Create
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Management jobs
An overview of this role
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.
Some examples of our projects:
What You’ll Do
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
What You’ll Bring
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)
How GitLab will support you
All remote, asynchronous work environment
Home office support
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.
Remote-Global