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An overview of this role
As an Engineering Manager for the Auth Infrastructure team at GitLab, you'll
lead a talented group of engineers building the critical infrastructure layer
that powers GitLab's authentication and authorization systems at scale. This
role focuses on the foundational components that enable secure, performant, and
reliable identity services across all GitLab deployment models while supporting
our transition to a zero-trust architecture.
At GitLab, we see our team as our product. While you'll need deep technical
expertise in distributed systems, proxy technologies, and infrastructure
security, your primary focus will be on nurturing your team's health, hiring
exceptional talent, and positioning them for success.
You'll collaborate closely with the Authentication and Authorization teams to
ensure the infrastructure layer can support their requirements, while working
with Platform and Infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration across
GitLab's architecture.
Your leadership will be instrumental in building the infrastructure foundation
for GitLab's Identity and Access Management (IAM) Services.
This is a unique opportunity to solve authentication infrastructure challenges
at global scale while enabling GitLab's evolution toward microservices and
zero-trust security.
This role is an extension of the Engineering Manager position
[https://handbook.gitlab.com/job-families/engineering/development/management/engineering-manager/].
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead the design and implementation of GitLab's authentication infrastructure
layer, including Envoy proxy configuration, token services, and policy
decision infrastructure
- Solve critical infrastructure challenges including bi-directional gRPC
tunnels, mTLS implementation, short-lived certificate management and service
mesh architecture
- Ensure infrastructure supports multiple deployment models: GitLab.com
(millions of users), self-managed, Dedicated, and air-gapped environments
- Lead performance optimization efforts for authentication decisions at scale
- Implement infrastructure monitoring, observability, and debugging
capabilities for distributed authentication systems
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- Significant experience in engineering management with focus on infrastructure
and distributed systems
- Deep expertise in proxy technologies (Envoy, Traefik, HAProxy, nginx) and
edge routing
- Experience with DB technologies and storage, such as RDS, Google Spanner,
Postgres or similar.
- Strong background in Go and/or Rust for building high-performance
infrastructure services
- Experience with service mesh architectures, mTLS, and zero-trust networking
- Expertise in gRPC, REST APIs, and service-to-service communication patterns
- Understanding of token systems (JWT, Macaroons), cryptographic signing, and
key management
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment
patterns
- Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams focused on
infrastructure
- Experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and GitOps practices
- Strong debugging and performance optimization skills for distributed systems
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Auth Infrastructure team is one of three authentication-focused teams within
GitLab's Software Supply Chain Security stage
[https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/sec/software-supply-chain-security/],
specifically created to provide the infrastructure foundation for GitLab's
authentication transformation.
Your team will tackle some of the most challenging infrastructure problems in
distributed systems: building a proxy layer that handles millions of requests
per second, implementing zero-downtime migrations of authentication
infrastructure, designing resilient token services, and creating the foundation
for policy-based authorization at scale.
The team works at the intersection of security and infrastructure, collaborating
closely with:
- Authentication & Authorization teams for requirements and integration
- Platform/Infrastructure teams for deployment and operations
- Cells Architecture team for multi-tenant routing and isolation
- Runner team for CI/CD authentication infrastructure
The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of
the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary
rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are
determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge,
skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment
with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not
include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits
[https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/]
and equity [https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/]. Sales roles are
also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base
salary.
United States Salary Range
$131,600—$282,000 USD
HOW GITLAB WILL SUPPORT YOU
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of
experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement.
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