Distinguished Engineer, Core DevOps

Overview

Lead technical direction for GitLab's Core DevOps services, including CI, CD, Plan, and source control, across large-scale production systems.

What you'll do

• Set technical direction and iterative roadmaps for Core DevOps services.
• Define measurable standards for availability, latency, reliability, correctness, and defect escape rate.
• Lead complex architecture decisions, prototypes, proofs of concept, and production migrations.
• Drive shared engineering patterns, libraries, and paved paths across teams.
• Review critical designs and merge requests while mentoring engineers.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Product on resilient systems and roadmaps.
• Participate in incident-management on-call and technical interviewing.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years in a Staff, Principal, or equivalent senior technical leadership role.
• Deep expertise in AI and ML systems, large language models, agentic frameworks, and autonomous workflows.
• Experience with scalable, multi-tenant distributed systems and operational resilience.
• Experience designing human-in-the-loop controls, safety guardrails, and responsible AI practices.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing multiple teams without direct authority.
• Excellent written and asynchronous communication in a globally distributed organization.

Details

• Fully remote role.
• Listed remote locations include Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
• United States salary range: $250,000–$349,000 USD yearly base salary.