Quality Engineering Manager

This role is for an Engineering Manager in the Quality department at GitLab. The Engineering Manager will lead a team of experienced SETs and be responsible for growing the test automation efforts across the entire GitLab ecosystem. They should have a strong technical understanding of the SET craft and be able to have deep technical discussions with their team. The role also involves identifying process improvements, working on infrastructure skills within the Quality team, and collaborating with a globally distributed team. Strong experience in managing teams, as well as experience in test infrastructure and working with a Quality department involved in building software from the start, is required.

• Lead a team of experienced SET's
• Identify process improvements and work with peers and leaders to enact change
• Participate in deeply technical conversations with Engineers on topics like architecture and maintenance
• Work on and execute a plan with fellow EM's to build more infrastructure skills within the Quality team
• Work asynchronously with a globally distributed team
• Strong experience directly managing teams of 5+ people
• Strong technical understanding of the SET craft, with the ability to have deep technical discussions with the team
• Experience leading an SET team who were also responsible for test infrastructure, ideally with tooling like Terraform and Kubernetes
• Demonstrated experience working with a Quality department that's involved in building software from the start, not just testing at the end
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ideally have experience leading a globally distributed team

• Strong experience directly managing teams of 5+ people
• Strong technical understanding of the SET craft, with the ability to have deep technical discussions with your team
• Experience leading an SET team who were also responsible for test infrastructure, ideally with tooling like Terraform and Kubernetes
• Demonstrated experience working with a Quality department that's involved in building software from the start, not just testing at the end
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ideally have experience leading a globally distributed team

• All remote, asynchronous work environment
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and development budget
• Parental leave
• Home office support