Engineering Manager, Create

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 As the Engineering Manager for the Editor Extensions team at GitLab, you'll lead a talented group of engineers dedicated to bringing GitLab's powerful features directly into developers' preferred coding environments. You'll guide your team in building and maintaining extensions for popular IDEs and editors like VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and Neovim, ensuring seamless integration with GitLab's collaboration tools and GitLab Duo AI capabilities. In this role, you'll balance technical leadership with people management, helping your team deliver high-quality extensions while supporting their professional growth. You'll collaborate with other engineering teams, product managers, and UX designers to create intuitive developer experiences that boost productivity across multiple platforms while leveraging cutting-edge AI technology. Some examples of our projects: GitLab Duo for VS Code GitLab Duo for JetBrains GitLab Duo for Eclipse GitLab Duo for Visual Studio GitLab Duo for Neovim What You'll Do Lead and manage a team of engineers building extensions for multiple editor platforms Drive the technical roadmap for Editor Extensions in collaboration with product management Ensure cross-version compatibility between extensions and different GitLab instance versions Foster collaboration with the Gitlab Extensions Protocols & AIGW (AI Gateway) teams Establish best practices for extension development across multiple platforms Mentor and guide engineers to grow their technical and professional skills Prioritize team workload and help remove obstacles to team progress Represent the team in cross-functional discussions and planning sessions Analyze user feedback and metrics to drive continuous improvement of extensions Manage team member capacity effectively to achieve team goals and deliver value to users What You'll Bring Experience leading engineering teams building developer tools or IDE extensions Strong understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript development and some experience with Ruby Familiarity with extension development for at least one popular IDE (VS Code, JetBrains, etc.) Experience with REST API integration in frontend applications Background in managing cross-platform development projects Understanding of version compatibility management and its challenges Excellent people management and mentorship skills Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders Experience with Git workflows and GitLab features (nice to have)

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.