Engineering Manager, AI Engineering: Chat

What you’ll do:

• Manage a team of experienced frontend, backend, and AI engineers to deliver GitLab Duo Chat roadmap commitments across the DevSecOps lifecycle.
• Participate in technical architecture and development work for systems that run AI agents at scale, focusing on reliability and performance.
• Guide day-to-day execution by setting clear direction and removing blockers to keep delivery on schedule.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience managing engineering teams in a distributed environment and enabling strong team execution.
• Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI or generative AI applied to software development workflows.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders.

About the team:

• We are part of GitLab's AI Engineering organization and own the AI-powered chat experience embedded across the GitLab platform.
• Our team includes backend, frontend, and AI specialists who work asynchronously across time zones.
• Our focus is to expand generative AI capabilities, improve the performance and reliability of chat workflows, and strengthen debugging and testing foundations.

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees:

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being including Flexible Paid Time Off and Team Member Resource Groups.
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Growth and Development Fund.
• Parental Leave and other benefits to support work-life balance.