Engineering Manager, Cell Infrastructure

div class= content-intro p GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. /p p 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. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values nbsp;and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. a href= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI Co-create the future with us /a as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. /p p * em Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. 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. /em /p /div div div div div div div An overview of this role /div div br As strong Manager / Senior Manager, Cell Infrastructure /strong , you'll help shape the foundation that lets GitLab run reliably across multiple cloud providers in the agentic era. As more enterprise customers adopt AI-driven development workflows, GitLab needs a cell-based infrastructure that can scale horizontally, support strong reliability, and operate with clear cost efficiency. In this role, you'll report to the strong VP Engineering, Platform Scale amp; Architecture /strong and lead a 0 to 1 effort to build the control layer that determines how GitLab cells are provisioned, placed, and operated across clouds. /div div br This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll define architecture as much as you'll deliver it. In your first year, you'll help establish the technical direction for multi-cloud cell infrastructure, build and grow the team based on level, and create the operational model for reliability, developer enablement, and cost visibility. You'll work across platform, infrastructure, CI/CD, and AI-related areas, including support for the strong Duo Agent Platform /strong , to make sure the cellular substrate can meet GitLab's next stage of scale. /div div nbsp; /div div What you’ll do /div ul li strong Lead /strong the design and delivery of multi-cloud cell placement and orchestration systems that support GitLab's cell-based architecture. /li li strong Build /strong and grow the engineering team responsible for cell infrastructure, spanning architecture, delivery, and production operations. /li li strong Drive /strong infrastructure cost visibility and optimization by partnering with finance and platform teams to make unit economics part of the system design. /li li strong Own /strong the reliability model for cell infrastructure, including on-call practices, incident response, and postmortem follow-through. /li li strong Partner /strong with adjacent teams such as Git infrastructure, Artifact Registry, Duo Agent Platform, and CI/CD to support their scaling and deployment needs. /li li strong Define /strong and evolve architectural decisions for cross-cloud routing, data residency, and infrastructure portability. /li li strong Develop /strong platform capabilities and developer tooling that let teams deploy on top of cell infrastructure without needing to understand its internal complexity. /li li strong Represent /strong the team in cross-functional planning with senior eng