Forward Deployed Engineer - Germany

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer at GitLab, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of software development by driving customer adoption and technical innovation in the APJ region. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of customer outcomes, product direction, and hands-on engineering, leveraging your expertise to create durable technical assets and influence upstream product and engineering decisions. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, your primary responsibilities will include: Conducting deep technical discovery in strategic accounts to assess platform readiness and identify high-value adoption opportunities Leading architecture and delivery design for complex enterprise environments, where platform migration, regulated requirements, and product boundaries intersect Partnering with customer stakeholders and GitLab account teams to prioritize use cases based on business impact, technical feasibility, and long-term platform value Designing and building bounded proofs, prototypes, deployment patterns, and reusable accelerators across source code management, CI/CD, security, compliance, and AI-enabled workflows Contributing code, technical designs, or architecture changes when strategically necessary, in partnership with product and engineering, to address blockers that should be solved upstream WHAT YOU'LL NEED To succeed in this role, you will need: Experience in software engineering, platform architecture, forward deployed engineering, technical consulting, or similar customer-facing engineering roles Strong software engineering fundamentals, including the ability to read, reason about, and contribute to production systems, ideally with experience in Ruby on Rails and/or Go Strong systems design and software architecture skills, with experience evaluating APIs, asynchronous workflows, CI/CD systems, security boundaries, scalability, and operational tradeoffs Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, pipeline design, YAML, runners, and GitLab APIs Experience with infrastructure as code and enterprise deployment tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or similar approaches Working knowledge of large language models, agentic patterns, tool orchestration, and the practical limits of AI systems in production environments A track record of creating reusable technical assets that outlive a single engagement, along with strong written and verbal communication skills for technical design and architecture guidance WHY REMOTE As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere, collaborating with a global team of industry leaders to solve complex problems and drive innovation. With a high-performance culture driven by values and continuous knowledge exchange, GitLab offers a unique opportunity to reach your full potential and make a meaningful impact in the software development industry. BENEFITS GitLab offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and a unique opportunity to work with a global team of industry leaders.