Engineering Manager, Cell Infrastructure

Overview

As Manager / Senior Manager, Cell Infrastructure, you'll help shape the foundation that lets GitLab run reliably across multiple cloud providers in the agentic era. As more enterprise customers adopt AI-driven development workflows, GitLab needs a cell-based infrastructure that can scale horizontally, support strong reliability, and operate with clear cost efficiency. In this role, you'll report to the VP Engineering, Platform Scale Architecture and lead a 0 to 1 effort to build the control layer that determines how GitLab cells are provisioned, placed, and operated across clouds.

What you’ll do

• Lead the design and delivery of multi‑cloud cell placement and orchestration systems that support GitLab's cell‑based architecture.
• Build and grow the engineering team responsible for cell infrastructure, spanning architecture, delivery, and production operations.
• Drive infrastructure cost visibility and optimization by partnering w...