Engineering Manager - Database Change Management

Overview

Engineering Manager for Database Change Management, leading a remote backend team in GitLab’s Database Excellence stage.

What you'll do

• Lead a distributed, fully asynchronous team of backend engineers across time zones.
• Guide two missions: PostgreSQL capacity limits and a multi-year migration system replacement.
• Build and grow a new engineering cluster in India and manage its long-horizon platform program.
• Balance database health responsibilities with progress on the migration system replacement.
• Protect the replatforming program’s critical path by limiting production interruptions for migration-focused engineers.
• Coach engineers from intermediate through senior levels.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Distribution, QA, database framework, Database Architecture, Database Automation, and infrastructure leadership.

What you'll need

• Engineering management experience leading remote, distributed teams across time zones.
• Production PostgreSQL experience including capacity planning.
• Experience leading a long-horizon platform or infrastructure program alongside operational responsibilities.
• Hiring and team-building experience, including standing up a new team or site cluster.
• Strong written communication skills using writing as a primary management tool.
• Experience coaching and developing backend engineers across multiple levels.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with software engineering, quality, distribution, database, and infrastructure partners.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India; role described as remote.