Staff Engineer, GitLab Delivery - Operate
GitLab
Staff Engineer, GitLab Delivery - Operate
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as a Staff Engineer on the Operate team, leading the technical vision for seamless self-managed deployments.
Empower thousands of customers to deploy and upgrade GitLab reliably in their own infrastructure without downtime.
Drive innovation in zero-downtime upgrades, database lifecycle management, and operational excellence at massive scale.
Collaborate with elite teams across SRE, Release, Security, and Development to redefine cloud-native deployment patterns.
Shape the future of GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform, accelerating human progress through open collaboration.
Mentor engineers while building next-generation automation with Kubernetes Operators and Helm charts.
Tackle complex challenges from single-node VMs to expansive Kubernetes clusters, ensuring reliability everywhere.
Thrive in a high-performance culture where AI boosts productivity and every voice fuels innovation.
Co-create cutting-edge tools like the GitLab Operator and Environment Toolkit for production-ready deployments.
Advance your career at the forefront of DevSecOps, solving real-world problems with industry-leading impact.
Locations
- Americas, Remote, EMEA (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
85,000 - 140,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Go programmingintermediate
- Kubernetes Operatorsintermediate
- Helm chartsintermediate
- Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)intermediate
- PostgreSQL schema design and migrationsintermediate
- Linux systems administrationintermediate
- systemd and package managementintermediate
- Observability practicesintermediate
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform/Ansible)intermediate
- Controller patterns and admission controllersintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Strong software engineering background designing production systems for customer infrastructure (experience)
- Proficiency in Go for large, complex codebases (experience)
- Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production (experience)
- Experience building and maintaining Kubernetes Operators (experience)
- Designing Helm charts for complex stateful applications (experience)
- Knowledge of Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and controller patterns (experience)
- Experience with stateful workloads and PostgreSQL schema design/migrations (experience)
- Understanding of Linux systems, package management, and systemd (experience)
- Production operations experience including observability and incident response (experience)
- Ability to provide technical leadership through proposals and mentoring (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Ruby on Rails application architecture (experience)
- Experience with cloud-native tooling like service mesh (experience)
- Knowledge of observability stacks and infrastructure as code (experience)
- Proficiency with Terraform or Ansible automation (experience)
- Strategies for minimizing downtime in database upgrades (experience)
- Experience with system-level debugging and on-call participation (experience)
- Background in open source infrastructure projects (experience)
- Ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences (experience)
- Transferable skills from adjacent deployment domains (experience)
- Interest in AI integration for operational workflows (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead technical vision for cloud-native self-managed deployments and zero-downtime upgrades
- Establish operational maturity standards and deployment models for development teams
- Design and maintain Kubernetes Operators, Helm charts, and upgrade tooling
- Develop automation frameworks for database migrations and rolling deployments
- Define database and application lifecycle strategies minimizing downtime
- Collaborate with Product Management, SRE, and development teams on alignment
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and documentation
- Implement observability, testing, and resilience practices for deployments
- Contribute to incident response and post-mortems for reliability improvements
- Evolve GitLab Operator and Environment Toolkit for production deployments
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for inclusion and belonging
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement
- general: Generous Parental Leave
- general: Home office equipment and support
- general: Continuous knowledge exchange and mentoring opportunities
- general: High-performance culture driven by core values
- general: Opportunities to collaborate with industry leaders on complex problems
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Staff Engineer, GitLab Delivery - Operate
GitLab
Staff Engineer, GitLab Delivery - Operate
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as a Staff Engineer on the Operate team, leading the technical vision for seamless self-managed deployments.
Empower thousands of customers to deploy and upgrade GitLab reliably in their own infrastructure without downtime.
Drive innovation in zero-downtime upgrades, database lifecycle management, and operational excellence at massive scale.
Collaborate with elite teams across SRE, Release, Security, and Development to redefine cloud-native deployment patterns.
Shape the future of GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform, accelerating human progress through open collaboration.
Mentor engineers while building next-generation automation with Kubernetes Operators and Helm charts.
Tackle complex challenges from single-node VMs to expansive Kubernetes clusters, ensuring reliability everywhere.
Thrive in a high-performance culture where AI boosts productivity and every voice fuels innovation.
Co-create cutting-edge tools like the GitLab Operator and Environment Toolkit for production-ready deployments.
Advance your career at the forefront of DevSecOps, solving real-world problems with industry-leading impact.
Locations
- Americas, Remote, EMEA (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
85,000 - 140,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Go programmingintermediate
- Kubernetes Operatorsintermediate
- Helm chartsintermediate
- Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)intermediate
- PostgreSQL schema design and migrationsintermediate
- Linux systems administrationintermediate
- systemd and package managementintermediate
- Observability practicesintermediate
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform/Ansible)intermediate
- Controller patterns and admission controllersintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Strong software engineering background designing production systems for customer infrastructure (experience)
- Proficiency in Go for large, complex codebases (experience)
- Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production (experience)
- Experience building and maintaining Kubernetes Operators (experience)
- Designing Helm charts for complex stateful applications (experience)
- Knowledge of Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and controller patterns (experience)
- Experience with stateful workloads and PostgreSQL schema design/migrations (experience)
- Understanding of Linux systems, package management, and systemd (experience)
- Production operations experience including observability and incident response (experience)
- Ability to provide technical leadership through proposals and mentoring (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Ruby on Rails application architecture (experience)
- Experience with cloud-native tooling like service mesh (experience)
- Knowledge of observability stacks and infrastructure as code (experience)
- Proficiency with Terraform or Ansible automation (experience)
- Strategies for minimizing downtime in database upgrades (experience)
- Experience with system-level debugging and on-call participation (experience)
- Background in open source infrastructure projects (experience)
- Ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences (experience)
- Transferable skills from adjacent deployment domains (experience)
- Interest in AI integration for operational workflows (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead technical vision for cloud-native self-managed deployments and zero-downtime upgrades
- Establish operational maturity standards and deployment models for development teams
- Design and maintain Kubernetes Operators, Helm charts, and upgrade tooling
- Develop automation frameworks for database migrations and rolling deployments
- Define database and application lifecycle strategies minimizing downtime
- Collaborate with Product Management, SRE, and development teams on alignment
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and documentation
- Implement observability, testing, and resilience practices for deployments
- Contribute to incident response and post-mortems for reliability improvements
- Evolve GitLab Operator and Environment Toolkit for production deployments
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for inclusion and belonging
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement
- general: Generous Parental Leave
- general: Home office equipment and support
- general: Continuous knowledge exchange and mentoring opportunities
- general: High-performance culture driven by core values
- general: Opportunities to collaborate with industry leaders on complex problems
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