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Role Overview:
- Lead the Database Excellence stage, reporting to the VP of Data Engineering.
- Own reliability, capacity, health, and sustainability of GitLab's application datastores.
What You'll Do:
- Set direction and long-range plans for the database platform in line with company strategy.
- Manage database capacity, availability, and communicate risk to senior leadership.
- Hire, retain, and manage performance for teams across regions.
What You'll Bring:
- Experience leading managers of managers and coaching newer managers.
- Hands-on PostgreSQL at scale with capacity planning, upgrades, replication, and production clusters.
- Strong written communication in an asynchronous, handbook-first environment.
About the Team:
- Database Excellence includes Architecture, Automation, and Self-Managed Database teams.
- Teams span the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India, working to make database services more reliable.
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