An overview of this role

GitLab is seeking a Principal Engineer to set technical direction for our most critical infrastructure platforms. This role operates at organizational scale, owning architecture, solving complex systems problems, and driving initiatives that shape how GitLab grows, performs, and remains reliable.

As a Principal Engineer, you will serve as a technical authority and force multiplier, leading architectural decisions across distributed and cloud-native systems to translate business strategy into durable technical direction. Spanning multiple teams and domains, you will bring clarity to ambiguity, raise engineering standards, and mentor senior talent while remaining accountable for real production outcomes. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for leaders who drive success through influence and shape the foundational platforms that the entire organization depends on.

Organizational Focus Areas

Principal Engineers at GitLab drive strategy across our most critical infrastructure and delivery groups. Role placement across the following tracks is determined by business need and organizational priority.

Group Tenant Scale (GTS)

This track builds GitLab’s next generation, multi-tenant, horizontally scalable, and resilient SaaS platform. You will architect the foundations that enable other engineering teams to build upon this platform and drive convergence among GitLab’s various platforms..

• Core Focus: Lead the design and evolution of projects that enable our distributed, multi-tenant SaaS transformation, including Cells, Organizations, and OrgMover.
• Distributed Architecture: Architect for zero downtime, transparent relocation, and application hardening in a massive distributed environment.
• Strategic Decisions: Guide architecture decisions with availability, reliability, resiliency, performance, and cost in mind.

GitLab Delivery 

The GitLab Delivery track focuses on enhancing the reliability, efficiency, and speed of GitLab’s end-to-end software delivery across all platforms and offerings.

• Core Focus: Lead the platform strategy spanning Developer Experience, CI infrastructure, packaging, and release delivery across SaaS, Self-Managed, and Dedicated.
• Developer Experience: Treat GitLab engineers as customers, building self-service tooling, testing infrastructure, and paved paths that increase velocity while maintaining quality.
• Delivery at Scale: Architect reliable, automated pipelines that streamline how GitLab is packaged, released, and deployed across all platforms and offerings.

What You'll Do

• Own and drive the architectural direction for critical infrastructure platforms that support GitLab at global scale.
• Lead the design and evolution of large platforms and distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient.
• Serve as the technical authority on complex initiatives, guiding decisions that impact multiple teams and product areas.
• Translate business and product strategy into long-term technical roadmaps and execution plans.
• Drive alignment across engineering, product, and leadership by clearly communicating tradeoffs and recommendations.
• Establish technical standards and architectural patterns that raise quality and consistency across the organization.
• Be accountable for production outcomes, including reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier through influence rather than direct authority.
• Operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces where both the problem and the solution need to be defined.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience designing and evolving large-scale platforms or distributed systems in cloud-native environments.
• Strong proficiency in Golang and/or Ruby, with the ability to contribute to, review, and guide core architectural changes in production codebases.
• Strong architectural judgment, including the ability to balance scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost.
• Experience owning platform-level technical decisions that impacted multiple teams or an entire engineering domain.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes-based environments as a production platform, including how they influence system design, deployment models, reliability, and operational complexity.
• Experience being accountable for production systems, not just design recommendations.
• Ability to author and drive long-term technical strategy and multi-month roadmaps.
• Track record of leading through influence and shaping technical direction without direct authority.
• Comfort making high-impact technical decisions, including build vs buy vs partner tradeoffs.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers, leadership, and non-technical stakeholders.

About the team

The Principal Engineer role sits within GitLab’s Infrastructure Platforms organization, working across multiple teams to shape how our platform scales and operates. This group is responsible for some of GitLab’s most critical systems, including the multi-tenant SaaS platform, core delivery pipelines, and the underlying infrastructure that powers millions of users. As a Principal Engineer, you’ll define technical direction, guide architectural decisions, and ensure our platforms remain resilient, performant, and modern. The team operates fully remotely and collaborates asynchronously across time zones, grounded in GitLab’s values of transparency, autonomy, and open communication. You’ll help the organization tackle complex distributed systems challenges at scale while mentoring other engineers and building a culture focused on reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

An overview of this role

We are seeking a Security Manager, Application Security to drive the AppSec team at the tactical and operational level within the Security Platforms & Architecture (SPA) sub-department. The Application Security team is a key and critical stakeholder in securing GitLab’s product offerings.

In this role, you will manage and develop a team of Application Security Engineers (Intermediate through Staff) who perform security reviews, threat modeling, vulnerability triage, and secure design consultations across GitLab’s product surface. Your team is the front line of Product Security: the people reading the merge requests, talking to engineers, and evaluating features’ security posture before they are released to customers.

You will operate in an environment where feature delivery and platform capabilities are accelerating, architectures and technologies are evolving, and teams are continually balancing ambitious product goals with a strong security posture. In this context, you will help Product Security:

• Ensure that material product security risks and tradeoffs are surfaced, acknowledged, and decided at the right leadership levels
• Own operational execution for the team and ensure it operates through operational excellence.
• Build capability across every team member through coaching, mentoring, and career development
• Drive automation and AI-assisted enhancements of repeatable and time consuming work.

What you’ll do

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of Application Security Engineers focused on clearing roadblocks, career growth and development, coaching and mentoring.
• Own the team’s operational cadence end to end: triage rotations, Application Security review queues, milestone planning.
• Drive tactical execution of the Application Security program: scaling the team for non linear security gains, security reviews enhancements and secure design consultations for high-risk changes.
• Lead AI adoption within the Application Security team: leverage AI-assisted/automated workflows for review triage, threat model generation, code analysis, and operational toil reduction. Champion practical AI use without losing critical thinking rigor.
• Recommend and drive security-related technical and process improvements.
• Author and execute project plans for security initiatives. Set schedules and assignments, anticipate roadblocks, and measure performance against goals.
• Provide input on security architecture, features, and issues. Serve as a partner and enabler to Product and Engineering teams on application security decisions.
• Partner with Security Architecture, Infrastructure Security, Security Research, and Security Operations on end-to-end risk reduction, aligning Application Security work with broader Product Security objectives.
• Prepare and deliver meaningful, actionable metrics to Product Security leadership.
• Hire and build a world-class team. Train team members to screen candidates and conduct structured interviews. Build the team’s ability to grow itself.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrable prior people management experience in application security or a closely related security engineering discipline, preferably in high-velocity R&D organizations.
• Deep familiarity with application security domains: secure code review, threat modeling, vulnerability management, secure SDLC, and common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10, CWE), whether from direct Application Security roles or from owning secure delivery of complex systems.
• Demonstrated success building trust with Product and Engineering peers, influencing security related decisions, and co-owning outcomes rather than acting solely as a gate.
• Comfort with AI-augmented workflows and enthusiasm for leveraging tools like GitLab Duo to scale the Application Security function, along with strong alignment to GitLab’s values and a track record of thriving in a highly collaborative, remote-first culture.
• Good at establishing clear guidance and distributing the workload appropriately. Lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner, maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results and is a clear communicator.
• Accurately scopes the length and difficulty of projects, breaks them into clear process steps with owners and timelines, anticipates problems before they stall progress, and consistently measures performance against goals to evaluate what worked and what didn't.
• Breaks down complex problems with rigorous analysis, surfacing hidden risks and delivering conclusions that withstand scrutiny.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience in executive-level communications in an all-remote, asynchronous environment.
• Consistently delivers above expectations, drives measurable results and raises the performance bar for the entire team.
• Nice to have: Experience with security requirements and frameworks relevant to GitLab’s customers (e.g., FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS); experience in DevSecOps or shift-left security models in SaaS or open-source environments; deep familiarity with CI/CD pipeline security, software supply chain security, or identity and access management (AuthN/Z).

About the team

Application Security Engineers are part of our Security Platforms & Architecture team, which protects GitLab’s platform and products by identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating security risks across the entire product lifecycle. Composed of Security Architecture, Application Security, and Security Research, we combine strategic security architecture with operational application security to enable GitLab to be the most secure software factory platform on the market.

The AppSec team operates on a set of guiding principles rooted in the leader-leader model: decisions belong where the information lives, every team member is a leader, not a task executor, and operational hygiene is non-negotiable. The manager is the primary steward of these principles.

New Business Account Executive - Korea

An overview of this role

As a New Business Account Executive in Korea, you'll be at the forefront of GitLab's growth strategy, focused on acquiring new logos and expanding our market presence across APAC. You'll work with sophisticated buyers at high-growth companies and enterprises, navigating complex sales cycles while staying focused on building pipeline and progressing deals in a sustainable way. You'll guide prospects through their first evaluations of GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform, building a healthy, sustainable pipeline that translates into new Net ARR and long-term opportunity.

In this role, you'll act as a key connector between prospective customer stakeholders and GitLab's field organisation so prospects see GitLab as a trusted partner from the first interaction through close. You'll build and own a greenfield APAC territory, establish repeatable new logo sales motions, and regularly forecast and report on deal progress, prospecting activities, and pipeline health. This opportunity is ideal for someone who combines enterprise-level sophistication with a strong sense of initiative and responsiveness. You know how to sell innovation and change through customer vision expansion, shorten decision cycles while building trust at the C-level, and confidently position GitLab as the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You'll own the entire sales cycle from initial outreach through close, help build a healthy pipeline, and engage in regular outbound prospecting to break into new accounts and build relationships from scratch.

What you'll do

• Own the full new logo acquisition cycle for your APAC territory from prospecting through close, introducing prospects to GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform for the first time.
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified opportunities through proactive outbound prospecting and follow-up to support new logo and Net ARR targets.
• Run 3-5 high-quality discovery meetings per day with senior stakeholders, uncovering business pain points in their software delivery lifecycle and articulating compelling value propositions that progress opportunities and build a qualified pipeline toward quarterly new logo and Net ARR goals.
• Navigate complex, multi-stakeholder sales processes with C-level executives, IT leaders, and cross-functional buying committees in high-growth and enterprise organizations evaluating DevSecOps platforms.
• Develop and execute strategic territory plans for your APAC patch within 30 days, identifying high-value targets and creating a qualified account prioritization strategy for greenfield accounts that align with GitLab's ideal customer profile.
• Partner with Solutions Architecture and Customer Success to orchestrate technical evaluations and proofs of concept (POCs), and ensure smooth post-sale transitions for new customers adopting GitLab.
• Master our sales methodology (for example, MEDDPICC and Command of the Message) to qualify opportunities, manage deal velocity, and contribute to predictable new logo revenue for GitLab.

What you'll bring

• B2B SaaS sales experience with a strong focus on new business development and net-new logo acquisition, ideally selling complex platforms or solutions.
• Experience managing fast-paced, complex B2B sales cycles with multiple stakeholders, using a consultative, value-based approach and familiarity with platform, subscription, or usage-based commercial models to articulate value beyond traditional licensing.
• Strong discovery and qualification skills, partnering with Sales Development, Solutions Architects, Customer Success, and Marketing to run evaluations and proofs of concept, build compelling C-level business cases, and ensure seamless post-sale handoffs.
• Familiarity with modern sales methodologies (for example, MEDDPICC and Command of the Message) and demonstrated ability to streamline sales cycles while managing multiple active opportunities with accurate forecasting and strong Salesforce hygiene.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills with the ability to build appropriate urgency when needed, influence internal and external stakeholders, and stay composed in dynamic or challenging situations, supported by a strong work ethic, sense of ownership, and motivation to succeed in a high-growth environment.
• An adaptable, coachable approach, with a track record of excelling in a dynamic, fully remote environment. You work in line with GitLab's values and continuously iterate based on market and customer feedback to refine your territory and account strategy.
• Proficiency with a modern sales tech stack (for example, CRM, sales engagement, data enrichment, conversation intelligence, and intent tools) and the ability to quickly learn new platforms.

About the team

The New Business Sales team is responsible for driving growth, adoption, and long-term value for GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform with customers across high-growth and enterprise segments in APAC. As a New Business Account Executive, you'll join a distributed, fully remote team that works asynchronously across APAC and partners closely with GitLab's solutions architects, marketing, sales development, and customer success teams. We value transparency, collaboration, and a growth mindset, and we support one another through shared territory planning, regular deal strategy sessions, and ongoing knowledge sharing so we can open and grow new customer relationships.

Our New Business team operates like a startup within the company. We're innovators, prospectors, and market makers who stay close to our customers and continually refine our account strategy. We're looking for proactive New Business Account Executives who enjoy exploring new opportunities and opening doors with accounts that may not know us yet.

The team culture is built on drive, accountability, and continuous improvement. We share competitive intelligence, celebrate wins together, learn thoughtfully from losses, and support each other in getting better every day. You'll be surrounded by colleagues who are passionate about enterprise sales, curious about AI and DevSecOps, and committed to building something special.

As a New Business Account Executive, you'll report to the Director of New Business Sales and work closely with a dedicated SDR pod, Sales Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Success. We invest in your development with regular 1:1 coaching, deal strategy sessions, and ongoing enablement so you can grow your career while helping us build something special in the APAC market.