Senior Release Engineer
Assured$170,000 - $190,000/year
Full Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Software DevelopmentIndustries
Requirements
- Boundless curiosity and a demonstrable ability to learn
- Experience working on large scale systems
- Experience with release processes and tooling
- Experience with different deployment strategies
- Hands on experience with Kubernetes
- A strong application and systems observability background
- A product development mindset when developing new components
Responsibilities
- Guarantees the GitLab Release Process
- Creates new tools to automate the release process
- Builds new GitLab release features to replace existing custom tooling
- Works with individual teams on defining and implementing solutions that will help them release quicker
- Creates frameworks that allow engineers to write code that scales with demand
- Helps teams instrument their code and helps recognize parts of code that could benefit from increased observability
- Works closely with peer Infrastructure teams to control the impact of application code running in user facing products
- Helps communicate the release schedule clearly with others
- Develop monitoring and alerting to measure release process velocity
- Identify process bottlenecks and introduce optimizations
Skills
SRE
Release Engineering
Automation
GitLab
DevSecOps
Release Management
SDLC
Tooling
Backend Collaboration
GitLab
Unified DevOps platform for software development
About GitLab
GitLab offers a DevOps platform that simplifies the software development process by providing a single application for collaboration, visibility, and speed. The platform integrates various tools needed for software development, which helps teams manage their projects more efficiently without juggling multiple tools. This allows companies to concentrate on enhancing their products instead of spending too much time on builds. GitLab serves a wide range of clients, including large corporations from different industries, demonstrating its versatility. The company operates on a subscription-based model, where clients pay for access to the platform, which includes features for continuous integration and deployment. GitLab also provides free trials and regularly updates its platform to deliver ongoing value to its users. By customizing its offerings and partnering with other technology providers, GitLab aims to enhance its ecosystem and drive revenue.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
$421.8MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consulting, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees
Benefits
Spending Company Money
Equity Compensation
Life Insurance
Financial Wellness
Paid Time Off
Growth and Development Benefit
GitLab Contribute
Business Travel Accident Policy
Immigration
Employee Assistance Program
Incentives
All-Remote
Part-time contracts
Meal Train
Fertility & Family Planning
Parental Leave
Risks
AI-powered coding assistants like Claude pose a competitive threat to GitLab's platform.
Potential sale to Datadog may lead to strategic shifts misaligned with customer expectations.
Integration of Oxeye may distract from GitLab's core DevOps offerings.
Differentiation
GitLab offers a unified DevOps platform, reducing complexity in software development.
The platform integrates tools for collaboration, visibility, and speed, enhancing development processes.
GitLab's open-source model fosters continuous innovation with a large developer community.
Upsides
Acquiring Oxeye enhances GitLab's cloud security, appealing to security-conscious enterprises.
Partnership with Ooredoo Kuwait expands GitLab's influence in the telecommunications sector.
Potential sale to Datadog could create strategic synergies and expand market reach.
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