Engineering Manager, Agent Foundations: Agent Execution

GitLab

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$152,800–$172,800 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $214k
This role $163k
$140k most similar roles pay here $276k

This role pays less than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $172,400–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $163k versus about $214k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About GitLab

GitLab is an all-remote software company that develops an AI-powered DevSecOps platform combining source code management, CI/CD, security scanning, and project planning in a single application.

GitLab currently has 79 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,400–$213,600 across 61 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Agent Foundations: Agent Execution

As Engineering Manager, Agent Execution, you will lead more than ten engineers across frontend, backend, and AI engineering to build foundations for AI agents to run safely and effectively. You will manage the Agent Tools, Agent Observability, and Runner Execution teams while overseeing hiring, coaching, and technical design reviews regarding sandboxing and agent observability. The role involves translating ambiguous problems into milestones, establishing standards for AI tool usage, and coordinating with product and UX teams. You will work within a complex domain involving Model Context Protocol servers, configurable network access, container isolation, infrastructure security, and reliability engineering. Candidates should possess experience managing distributed teams through staff engineers and demonstrate technical judgment using modern AI coding tools and agent harnesses. Proficiency in Python, Ruby, Go, or TypeScript is helpful for this role focused on the GitLab Duo Agent Platform.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Remote?

Median $235250 from 43 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead and manage multiple engineering teams across frontend, backend, and AI engineering domains.
  • Hire, onboard, coach, and develop engineers at all levels within the organization.
  • Partner with product and UX teams to translate ambiguous problems into clear project milestones.
  • Contribute to technical designs for running AI agents safely and effectively at scale.
  • Establish standards for the group's selection and configuration of AI tools.
  • Coach engineers through ambiguity in a fast-changing technical landscape.
  • Represent the group across GitLab’s AI organization and with dependent internal teams.

What we're looking for

  • Experience managing distributed engineering teams and working through technical leads and staff-level engineers.
  • Technical judgment developed through hands-on engineering experience.
  • Fluency with modern AI coding tools and agent harnesses.
  • Ability to guide teams in applying AI to software engineering workflows and technical decision-making.
  • Experience delivering results in fast-paced environments with ambiguous requirements.
  • Commitment to coaching and developing engineers in a positive, inclusive team environment.
  • Experience building and deploying AI products or working with sandboxing, container isolation, infrastructure security, or observability systems.
  • Proficiency in Python, Ruby, Go, or TypeScript is helpful.

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