Engineering Manager, AI Engineering – Chat
Posted 19hrs ago
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Engineering Manager managing AI capabilities behind GitLab Duo Chat. Leading a team to deliver AI-powered experiences across the GitLab DevSecOps platform.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a team of experienced frontend, backend, and AI engineers to deliver GitLab Duo Chat roadmap commitments across the DevSecOps lifecycle.
- Partner with product and UX teams to define requirements and deliver AI features that address customer needs and improve answer quality.
- Participate in technical architecture and development work for systems that run AI agents at scale, with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Guide day-to-day execution by setting clear direction, tracking progress against milestones, and removing blockers to keep delivery on schedule.
- Coach engineers through feedback, guidance, and development conversations that foster each engineer's growth and overall team performance.
- Promote a team culture grounded in curiosity, inclusion, accountability, and steady delivery against team goals.
- Improve quality, testing, and performance practices that increase coverage, strengthen observability, and keep AI-powered chat workflows reliable in production.
Requirements:
- Experience managing engineering teams in a distributed environment and enabling strong team execution.
- Strong software engineering foundation with the ability to contribute to technical discussions and evaluate engineering tradeoffs.
- Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI or generative AI applied to software development workflows.
- Ability to work effectively through ambiguity, changing requirements, and fast-moving product development.
- Clear communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders.
- Dedication to coaching engineers and creating an inclusive, constructive team environment.
- Comfort balancing people management with technical involvement in day-to-day development.
- Openness to transferable experience from different technical backgrounds if it aligns with managing AI-powered product teams.
Benefits:
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave



















