Senior AI Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Senior AI Engineer at GitLab, you will play a critical role in helping build the foundation for GitLab's transformation into an AI-first company. This is an opportunity to join a high-performance culture driven by values and continuous knowledge exchange, where every voice is valued and careers accelerate. WHAT YOU'LL DO In this role, you will be responsible for delivering internal AI-powered solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. You will work closely with stakeholders across functions to understand the real constraints, ask the right questions, and align on outcomes before jumping to solutions. Your key responsibilities will include: - Diagnosing business problems before building solutions, mapping workflows, identifying constraints, and confirming whether AI is the right intervention. - Owning AI initiatives end-to-end, from stakeholder discovery and technical design through implementation, deployment, and iteration. - Designing, developing, and shipping AI-powered solutions quickly, delivering working prototypes in days, not months, with a focus on practical outcomes and measurable business value. - Improving organizational flow by building solutions that reduce bottlenecks, shorten lead times, and increase throughput, measuring success using flow metrics alongside adoption and ROI. - Integrating AI capabilities into existing systems and workflows using APIs, orchestration tools, and modern AI platforms. - Partnering closely with stakeholders to understand the real constraints and align on outcomes before jumping to solutions. - Defining and tracking success through business metrics, flow metrics, and feedback loops that make performance visible and actionable. - Contributing to technical direction by evaluating tools, documenting patterns, and creating reusable foundations that help the team scale its impact. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - A genuine investment in technology, with a strong foundation in engineering fundamentals and a passion for cutting-edge technologies. - Competent and confident coding skills, with the ability to build working solutions end-to-end and write clean and maintainable code. - Strong proficiency in at least one modern scripting language (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar) and a solid understanding of REST APIs, GraphQL, and integration patterns. - Deep, practical experience with modern AI technologies, specifically prompt engineering, model selection, and cost-performance trade-offs. WHY REMOTE GitLab is a remote, asynchronous, and values-driven environment where you will have the opportunity to shape how team members work, improve flow across the organization, and help advance the mission. BENEFITS As a Senior AI Engineer at GitLab, you will be part of a high-performance culture with a strong focus on innovation, efficiency, and collaboration. You will have the opportunity to work with industry leaders, drive measurable business outcomes, and contribute to the development of cutting-edge AI technologies.