Offer enterprise-grade operational experience of GitLab products from streamlined deployment and maintenance, disaster recovery, secure search and discoverability, to high availability, scalability, and performance.
Enablement focuses on improving our capabilities and metrics in the following areas:
The following people are permanent members of the Enablement Sub-department:
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Chun Du | Director of Engineering, Enablement |
| Steven Wilson | Engineering Manager, Distribution |
| Craig Gomes | Engineering Manager, Memory |
| New Vacancy - Craig Gomes (Acting) | Engineering Manager, Database |
| Changzheng Liu | Engineering Manager, Global Search |
| Nick Nguyen | Engineering Manager, Geo |
The following people are permanent members of teams that belong to the Enablement Sub-department:
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| New Vacancy - Craig Gomes (Acting) | Engineering Manager, Database |
| Andreas Brandl | Staff Backend Engineer, Database |
| Patrick Bair | Senior Backend Engineer, Database |
| Yannis Roussos | Senior Backend Engineer, Database |
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Steven Wilson | Engineering Manager, Distribution |
| David 'DJ' Mountney | Staff Distribution Engineer |
| Jason Plum | Senior Distribution Engineer |
| Gerard Hickey | Senior Distribution Engineer |
| Ian Baum | Senior Distribution Engineer |
| Balasankar "Balu" C | Distribution Engineer |
| Robert Marshall | Distribution Engineer |
| Hossein Pursultani | Distribution Engineer |
| Dustin Collins | Distribution Engineer |
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Nick Nguyen | Engineering Manager, Geo |
| Valery Sizov | Senior Backend Engineer, Geo |
| Gabriel Mazetto | Backend Engineer, Geo |
| Douglas Barbosa Alexandre | Staff Backend Engineer, Geo |
| Toon Claes | Senior Backend Engineer, Geo |
| Michael Kozono | Staff Backend Engineer, Geo |
| Alex Ives | Senior Backend Engineer, Geo |
| Zack Cuddy | Frontend Engineer, Geo |
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Craig Gomes | Engineering Manager, Memory |
| Kamil Trzciński | Distinguished Engineer, Ops and Enablement |
| Qingyu Zhao | Senior Backend Engineer, Memory |
| Aleksei Lipniagov | Senior Backend Engineer, Memory |
| Nikola Milojevic | Senior Backend Engineer, Memory |
| Matthias Käppler | Senior Backend Engineer, Memory |
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Changzheng Liu | Engineering Manager, Global Search |
| Micaël Bergeron | Senior Backend Engineer, Global Search |
| Dylan Griffith | Staff Backend Engineer, Global Search |
| Alishan 'Ali' Ladhani | Backend Engineer, Global Search |
| Dmitry Gruzd | Senior Backend Engineer, Global Search |
| Terri C. | Senior Backend Engineer, Global Search |
The following members of other functional teams are our stable counterparts:
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Joshua Lambert | Group Manager, Product, Enablement |
| Jacki Bauer (interim) | UX Manager, Enablement |
| Tanya Pazitny | Quality Engineering Manager, Secure & Enablement |
| Grant Young | Senior Software Engineer in Test, Enablement:Memory |
| Jennie Louie | Software Engineer in Test, Enablement:Geo Replication |
| Nailia Iskhakova | Software Engineer in Test, Enablement:Distribution |
| Russell Dickenson | Senior Technical Writer, Enablement, Growth |
| N.W. | Senior Software Engineer in Test, Enablement:Distribution |
| New Vacancy - Joshua Lambert (Interim) | Senior Product Manager, Enablement:Memory |
| John M. | Senior Product Manager, Enablement:Global Search |
Integrated Team (Pilot Program)
The Enablement Sub-department is experimenting Integrated Team model where both Frontend and Backend Engineers report to a single Engineering Manager and work in an integral team, which is different from many other sub-departments. The frontend work of Enablement teams are relatively light compared to other sub-departments, as a result the ratio of BE:FE is 12:1 by the end of FY2020, and the projected ratio of FY2021 is even higher. After taking many factors into consideration (see discussions), Enablement Sub-department will continue experimenting the Integrated Team model for operational efficiency.
