Engineering Manager, AI Engineering: Chat

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Duo Chat team at GitLab, a leading intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. As a key member of our AI Engineering organization, you will play a critical role in shaping the core AI capabilities behind GitLab Duo Chat, enabling customers to work faster and more securely across the GitLab DevSecOps platform. WHAT YOU'LL DO As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing a team of experienced frontend, backend, and AI engineers to deliver GitLab Duo Chat roadmap commitments across the DevSecOps lifecycle. You will partner with product and UX teams to define requirements and deliver AI features that address customer needs and improve answer quality. You will also participate in technical architecture and development work for systems that run AI agents at scale, with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. In this role, you will guide day-to-day execution by setting clear direction, tracking progress against milestones, and removing blockers to keep delivery on schedule. You will also coach engineers through feedback, guidance, and development conversations that foster each engineer's growth and overall team performance. Additionally, you will promote a team culture grounded in curiosity, inclusion, accountability, and steady delivery against team goals. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To succeed in this role, you will need experience managing engineering teams in a distributed environment and enabling strong team execution. You should have a strong software engineering foundation with the ability to contribute to technical discussions and evaluate engineering tradeoffs. You should also have hands-on familiarity with agentic AI or generative AI applied to software development workflows. WHY REMOTE As a remote team, we value flexibility and autonomy. We use issues, merge requests, and documentation as core collaboration tools to work asynchronously across time zones. Our team is part of GitLab's AI Engineering organization and owns the AI-powered chat experience embedded across the GitLab platform. BENEFITS GitLab offers a comprehensive benefits package to support your health, finances, and well-being. This includes benefits such as flexible PTO, parental leave, and a 401(k) matching program. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards page.