Engineering Manager - Distribution: Build
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An overview of this role
As the Engineering Manager for the Distribution team, you will take overall responsibility for hiring, team management, agile project management, and the quality of this project. This position reports to the Director of Engineering, Enablement.
Managers in the engineering department at GitLab see the team as their product. While they are technically credible and know the details of what developers work on, their time is spent hiring a world-class team and putting them in the best position to succeed. They own the delivery of product commitments and are always looking to improve productivity. They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals. Some examples of our projects:
What you’ll do
Help your developers grow their skills and experience
Author project plans for epics
Run agile project management processes
Conduct code reviews, and make technical contributions to product architecture as well as getting involved in solving bugs and delivering small features
Actively seek and hire globally-distributed talent
Conduct managerial interviews for candidates, and train the team to screen candidates
Contribute to the sense of psychological safety on your team
Generate and implement process improvements
Hold regular 1:1's with all members their team
Foster technical decision making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary
Author project plans for epics
Draft quarterly OKRs
Run agile project management process
Train engineers to screen candidates and conduct managerial interviews
Improve product quality, security, and performance
What you’ll bring
Exquisite communication: Regularly achieve consensus amongst departments
Demonstrated experience in a leadership role with current technical experience
Experience with application packaging, deployment and configurations
Experience with Kubernetes, Operators, Helm Chart, Omnibus, Go and Cloud Native technologies, in addition to any experience required by the position's specialty
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values
Experience in a peak performance organization preferred
Deep Ruby on Rails experience preferred
About the team
The Distribution team ensures the experience of installing and maintaining GitLab is easy and safe for everyone. It is the Distribution team's task to think about the widest variety of installation/update use-cases and provide a solution that will satisfy most needs. Distribution is there to provide the best possible experience for a user that is a novice but also a veteran when it comes to installing and maintaining software.
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.
Compensation
To view the full job description and its compensation calculator, view our handbook. The compensation calculator can be found towards the bottom of the page.
Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page.
Remote-Global
About the job
Engineering Manager - Distribution: Build
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Development jobs
An overview of this role
As the Engineering Manager for the Distribution team, you will take overall responsibility for hiring, team management, agile project management, and the quality of this project. This position reports to the Director of Engineering, Enablement.
Managers in the engineering department at GitLab see the team as their product. While they are technically credible and know the details of what developers work on, their time is spent hiring a world-class team and putting them in the best position to succeed. They own the delivery of product commitments and are always looking to improve productivity. They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals. Some examples of our projects:
What you’ll do
Help your developers grow their skills and experience
Author project plans for epics
Run agile project management processes
Conduct code reviews, and make technical contributions to product architecture as well as getting involved in solving bugs and delivering small features
Actively seek and hire globally-distributed talent
Conduct managerial interviews for candidates, and train the team to screen candidates
Contribute to the sense of psychological safety on your team
Generate and implement process improvements
Hold regular 1:1's with all members their team
Foster technical decision making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary
Author project plans for epics
Draft quarterly OKRs
Run agile project management process
Train engineers to screen candidates and conduct managerial interviews
Improve product quality, security, and performance
What you’ll bring
Exquisite communication: Regularly achieve consensus amongst departments
Demonstrated experience in a leadership role with current technical experience
Experience with application packaging, deployment and configurations
Experience with Kubernetes, Operators, Helm Chart, Omnibus, Go and Cloud Native technologies, in addition to any experience required by the position's specialty
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values
Experience in a peak performance organization preferred
Deep Ruby on Rails experience preferred
About the team
The Distribution team ensures the experience of installing and maintaining GitLab is easy and safe for everyone. It is the Distribution team's task to think about the widest variety of installation/update use-cases and provide a solution that will satisfy most needs. Distribution is there to provide the best possible experience for a user that is a novice but also a veteran when it comes to installing and maintaining software.
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.
Compensation
To view the full job description and its compensation calculator, view our handbook. The compensation calculator can be found towards the bottom of the page.
Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page.
Remote-Global