Manager, Engineering (Marketing)
GitLabAbout the role
GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab.
An overview of this role
The Engineering Manager, Digital Experience will lead the technical development and management of the site, ensuring high performance, scalability, and alignment with business goals. They oversee architecture, code quality, and problem-solving while managing and mentoring the development team. They collaborate with marketing and other stakeholders, handle project management, and contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement of the website. They are a part of the Digital Experience team, and report to a Director, Digital Experience.
You can find more details about our roadmap here:
Some examples of our projects:
What You’ll Do
- Lead a high-performing team of engineers to implement and bring GitLab’s web strategy to life through quality, on-time coding and development
- Code and implement high quality technical and engineering work for complex web projects, including troubleshooting and problem solving, communicating with stakeholders and team members, reporting on outcomes.
- Lead and scope major cross-functional projects; including defining business needs, navigating sometimes conflicting priorities to deliver the best business outcomes and making recommendations on the best course of action.
- Initiate longer-term initiatives that will impact the efficiency of the team, the quality of output and reducing technical debt, - including introducing new processes and solutions.
- Coach team on engineering and web development best practices, complex problem solving and modeling stakeholder engagement.
- Provide technical and functional knowledge representing Digital Experience and web development as a subject-matter expert with stakeholders across organizations.
What You’ll Bring
- 5-7+ years in a web development engineering role in a B2B or enterprise software marketing organization; 5+ years experience managing a team of engineers
- Advanced technical expertise and proficiency in web development and related web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Vue.js
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and partnering with stakeholders outside of Engineering, including Marketing, Product and leadership teams
- Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose solutions
- Demonstrated ability to coach and lead a team of direct reports, including hiring, development and growth and driving a culture of high performance
- Experience with diagnosing and solving performance and optimization problems and an orientation to improvement and iteration; modeling a service-focused, solution-oriented mindset
- Experience leading team to work in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process
About the team
Our team leads the GitLab’s digital marketing platform, or simply the “Marketing Site” refers to https://about.gitlab.com. We own the following repositories: