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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
53 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$152,800–$238,000
across 49 roles with salary data.
The Senior Director, Dedicated Infrastructure & Platforms leads the engineering organization responsible for GitLab Dedicated, a premium single-tenant SaaS offering for enterprise and public sector customers. This leader manages a high-performing organization of managers and engineers overseeing the entire lifecycle of dedicated and cellular platforms. Key responsibilities include defining strategy for single-tenant platforms, ensuring FedRAMP and AWS GovCloud compliance, and building switchboard APIs and migration tooling. The role requires expertise in cloud-native and cellular architectures, Infrastructure as Code, and modular services. The position focuses on scaling infrastructure to meet aggressive growth targets while maintaining enterprise-grade SLAs in isolated environments. The successful candidate will drive operational excellence, manage distributed teams, and implement AI-enabled workflows to improve engineering system efficiencies and platform reliability.
Own the strategy and roadmap for GitLab Dedicated to ensure platform scalability and convergence with cellular architecture.
Lead engineering teams responsible for tenant orchestration, resilience, incident response, and the Switchboard control plane.
Deliver GitLab Dedicated for Government by managing AWS GovCloud infrastructure and FedRAMP compliance operations.
Develop self-service tooling and guided workflows to make enterprise migrations predictable and low-disruption.
Hire, coach, and scale engineering managers across distributed teams while implementing AI-enabled workflows.
Partner with Product, Security, and Customer Support to align architecture investments with customer commitments.
Translate financial targets into engineering investments, headcount plans, and execution roadmaps.
What we're looking for
You must have experience leading engineering organizations that run enterprise single or multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure and cloud platforms at scale.
You must have experience delivering and operating enterprise offerings under strict compliance regimes such as FedRAMP and AWS GovCloud.
You must have deep expertise in cloud-native and cellular architectures, Infrastructure as Code, and modular services.
You must have a track record of measurably improving production reliability, reducing toil, or lowering infrastructure costs on an owned platform.
You must have experience leading organizational changes, including the adoption of AI-enabled workflows to raise engineering system efficiencies.
You must be able to translate financial targets into engineering investments, headcount plans, and execution roadmaps.
You must be able to lead distributed engineering teams to deliver high-availability, highly secure platform experiences.
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Machine Learning
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Data Governance
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