The Manager, Engineering (Delivery) personally manages the engineering team responsible for tasks relating to release management of GitLab releases as well as continuous delivery/deployment on GitLab.com. Team mandate is described in the team handbook and it consists of Site Reliability Engineers and Backend Engineers. The Engineering Manager's responsibility is primarily their team. They need to be familiar with GitLab's underlying technologies and processes to be able to support their teams growth, as well as be the final conclusive vote in cases where the team is blocked on a path forward.
Their primary focus is hiring and building a world-class team and putting them in the optimal position to succeed. They must also efficiently coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals.
The Manager, Infrastructure is a grade 8.
Manager, Engineering (Delivery), is to contribute to the success of Infrastructure Performance Indicators with particular attention to:
The Manager, Engineering (Reliability) leads an engineering team composed of SREs that is relentlessly focused on the reliability of GitLab's SaaS offerings. They see the team as their product. They emphasize building a world-class team and putting them in the optimal position to succeed. They own the delivery of product commitments and they are always looking to improve the productivity of their team. They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals.
The Manager, Infrastructure is a grade 8.
Manager, Engineering (Infrastructure), is to contribute to the success of Infrastructure Performance Indicators with particular attention to:
The Manager, Engineering (Scalability) personally manages the engineering team responsible for GitLab and GitLab.com at scale, working on the highest priority scalability items in the application in close coordination with Reliability Engineering teams and providing feedback to other Engineering teams so they can become better at scalability as well. Team mandate is described in the team handbook and it consists of Backend Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers.
The Engineering Manager's responsibility is primarily their team. They need to be familiar with GitLab's underlying technologies and processes to be able to support their team growth, as well as be the final conclusive vote in cases where the team is blocked on a path forward.
Their primary focus is hiring and building a world-class team and putting them in the optimal position to succeed. They must also efficiently coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals.
The Manager, Infrastructure is a grade 8.
Manager, Engineering (Scalability), is to contribute to the success of Infrastructure Performance Indicators with particular attention to: - GitLab.com Availability - Average Age of Open Positions - Handbook Update Frequency - Team Member Retention
The Engineering Manager, Environment Automation directly manages the engineering team responsible for tasks relating to GitLab environment provisioning and configuration. Team consists of Site Reliability Engineers and Backend Engineers.
The Engineering Manager's responsibility is primarily their team. They need to be familiar with GitLab's underlying technologies and processes to be able to support their team growth, as well as be the final decisive vote in cases where the team is blocked on a decision.
Their primary focus is building a world-class team (hiring and coaching), and putting them in the best position to succeed. They must also efficiently coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals.
The Manager, Infrastructure is a grade 8.
Engineering Manager, Environment Automation, is to contribute to the success of Infrastructure Performance Indicators with particular attention to:
The Engineering Manager, US Public Sector Services directly manages the engineering team responsible for tasks relating to provisioning and configuring GitLab environments for US public sector customers in accordance with their compliance and security requirements. Team consists of Site Reliability Engineers and Backend Engineers.
The Engineering Manager's responsibility is primarily their team. They need to be familiar with GitLab's underlying technologies and processes to be able to support their team growth, as well as be the final decisive vote in cases where the team is blocked on a decision. More on Leadership at GitLab in our handbook.
Their primary focus is building a world-class team (hiring and coaching), and putting them in the best position to succeed. They must also efficiently coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals.
The Manager, Infrastructure is a grade 8.
#### Manager, Engineering (US Public Sector Services) Performance Indicators
Engineering Manager, US Public Sector Services, is to contribute to the success of Infrastructure Performance Indicators with particular attention to:
- [Average Age of Open Positions](/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/performance-indicators/#infrastructure-average-age-of-open-positions)
- [Handbook Update Frequency](/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/performance-indicators/#handbook-update-frequency)
- [Team Member Retention](/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/performance-indicators/#team-member-retention)
The Senior Engineering Manager, Delivery and Scalability manages multiple teams within the Infrastructure Department (Delivery and Scalability) that work on GitLab.com and contribute to our on-premise product. They see their teams as their products. They are capable of managing multiple teams and projects at the same time. They are expert recruiters of both engineers and managers. They can also grow the existing talent on their teams. This is an influential role and models the behaviors we want to see in our teams and holds others accountable when necessary. They create the collaborative and productive environment in which managers, reliability, backend and frontend engineers do their work and succeed.
The Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure is a grade 9.
The Senior Engineering Manager, Delivery and Scalability, has the following performance indicators:
The Director, Infrastructure (Reliability) manages the Engineering Reliability teams within the Infrastructure Department. These teams work on GitLab.com and also contribute to our core product. They are capable of managing multiple teams and guiding a portfolio of projects to successful outcomes. They are expert recruiters of Database Reliability Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers and Engineering Managers. They understand how to assess team capabilities and grow the existing talent on their teams. They possess a vision for successful reliability engineering and are advocates for supporting practices and technology. This role is a senior influencer who models the behaviors we want to see in our teams and contributes to great results.
The Director, Infrastructure is a grade 10.
The Senior Director, Infrastructure leads one or more compartments within Infrastructure. They are experienced with operating large and growing organizations through change and building effective teams of leaders to deliver on higher level company results. They are effective in achieving long-term results by establishing clear vision and appropriate performance indicators. Those in a Senior Director, Infrastructure role will identify iterations of organizational structure which support GitLab growth targets and optimal evolution in our DevOps effectiveness. This role is a senior influencer who models the behaviors we want to see in our teams and contributes to great results.
The Senior Director, Infrastructure is a grade 11.
The VP of Infrastructure manages multiple teams that work on GitLab.com and contribute to our on-premise product. They see their teams as their products. They are capable of managing multiple teams and projects at the same time. They are expert recruiters of DBREs, SREs, Backend and Frontend Engineers, and managers. They can also grow the existing talent on their teams. Like all GitLab Engineering Directors, this role is a senior influencer that models the behaviors we want to see in our teams and holds others accountable when necessary. And they create the collaborative and productive environment in which SREs and SRE managers do their work and succeed.
The VP of Infrastructure is a grade 12.
The VP Infrastructure, has the following performance indicators:
For more details on the engineering career ladders, please review the engineering career development handbook page.
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