Manager, Engineering, Nonlinear Productivity (Friction Elimination & Solutions)

ABOUT THE ROLE As Manager, Engineering, Nonlinear Productivity (Friction Elimination & Solutions), you will play a key role in helping GitLab break the linear relationship between headcount and engineering output. This involves overseeing the initiative's forward-scanning work, reviewing GitLab's software development lifecycle and code-generation workflows to identify recurring friction, test durable fixes, and identify internal solutions that could become customer-facing products. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Manager, Engineering, Nonlinear Productivity, you will be responsible for: Surveying GitLab's internal software development lifecycle and code-generation workflows to identify structural friction early, and building a data-backed view of where technical interventions will have the highest leverage. Evaluating build, buy, and adapt options for each opportunity, including emerging agentic and AI tooling, with a clear view of cost, risk, and durability. Standing up prototypes and reviewing architecture directly to test whether a proposed fix moves a target metric and represents a durable solution before GitLab makes broader engineering investment. Hiring and managing a small, high-caliber team, or operating as a hands-on working manager, with a focus on talent density over headcount. Driving validated fixes from prototype to internal adoption by partnering with affected teams so solutions are relied on, used, and maintained. Building the technical and business case for productizing internal fixes that prove durable, in partnership with product. Documenting reusable learnings so successful internal fixes don't remain tribal knowledge. Reporting impact through changes in key metrics and progress on turning internal fixes into products, including a clear account of what didn't work. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To succeed in this role, you will need: Ability to use GitLab. A track record of identifying and shipping technical fixes for developer productivity, continuous integration and continuous delivery, or platform friction, including problems you found before they were assigned. Comfort operating with high ambiguity and no existing backlog, building the roadmap rather than executing one handed down. People management experience, including in a small-team or working-manager capacity. Technical depth to evaluate and prototype solutions directly, not only direct others toward them. Product judgment to assess whether an internal tool could hold up for paying customers. Familiarity with agentic or AI-assisted development tooling. Experience moving an internal tool toward an external, customer-facing product is advantageous. WHY REMOTE As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and enjoy a better work-life balance. Our remote work setup allows you to be productive and collaborate with your team members from the comfort of your own space. BENEFITS At GitLab, we offer a range of benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being, including: Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being Flexible Paid Time Off Team Member Resource Groups Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan