Engineering Manager, SSCS: Supply Chain

ABOUT THE ROLE GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. As a key player in the industry, GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. We're seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to guide our Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) Add-On engineering team in developing core capabilities, including Dependency Firewall, Build Provenance, Malicious Packages detection, and Artifact Signing. WHAT YOU'LL DO As an Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for guiding a backend engineering team in building the SSCS Add-On across dependency enforcement, build provenance, malicious package detection, and artifact signing. Your key responsibilities will include: - Guiding a backend engineering team in building the SSCS Add-On - Driving engineering delivery for general availability milestones - Developing the team by partnering with Talent Acquisition on sourcing, interview design, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions - Running regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations - Advancing engineering quality by monitoring cycle time, defect rates, and test coverage - Coordinating quarterly planning and roadmap tradeoff discussions with SSCS stage leadership and Product - Representing the SSCS Add-On team within stage leadership discussions and ensuring strong communication across functions WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you'll need: - Over 3 years of experience guiding backend product engineering teams in security, DevOps, or platform engineering environments - Ability to hire and grow backend or security engineers in distributed team environments - Technical credibility to contribute to architecture discussions involving package registries, CI/CD pipeline security, and signing infrastructure - Experience managing predictable delivery across multi-quarter product roadmaps and managing cross-team dependencies - Comfort working in an asynchronous, documentation-driven organization with clear written communication - Familiarity with supply chain security, artifact management, or compliance-focused product areas, or transferable experience from related domains - Working knowledge of concepts related to frameworks and ecosystems such as SLSA and Sigstore - Ability to build credibility with engineers, product partners, and customer-facing stakeholders through clear judgment, coaching, and teamwork WHY REMOTE GitLab is a fully remote company, and this role is no exception. As a remote employee, you'll have the flexibility to work from anywhere and be part of a global community of innovators and problem-solvers. BENEFITS - Competitive salary - Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance - 401(k) matching program - Flexible PTO policy - Professional development opportunities - Access to cutting-edge technology and tools - Opportunity to work with a global community of innovators and problem-solvers