Manager - Engineering (Marketing)

An overview of this role

The Engineering Manager Digital Experience will lead the technical development and management of the site ensuring high performance scalability and alignment with business goals. They oversee architecture code quality and problem-solving while managing and mentoring the development team. They collaborate with marketing and other stakeholders handle project management and contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement of the website. They are a part of the Digital Experience team and report to a Director Digital Experience.

You can find more details about our roadmap here:

• https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/digital-experience/

Some examples of our projects:

• https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-com/marketing/digital-experience/-/epics/386

What You’ll Do

• Lead a high-performing team of engineers to implement and bring GitLab’s web strategy to life through quality on-time coding and development

• Code and implement high quality technical and engineering work for complex web projects including troubleshooting and problem solving communicating with stakeholders and team members reporting on outcomes.

• Lead and scope major cross-functional projects; including defining business needs navigating sometimes conflicting priorities to deliver the best business outcomes and making recommendations on the best course of action.

• Initiate longer-term initiatives that will impact the efficiency of the team the quality of output and reducing technical debt - including introducing new processes and solutions.

• Coach team on engineering and web development best practices complex problem solving and modeling stakeholder engagement.

• Provide technical and functional knowledge representing Digital Experience and web development as a subject-matter expert with stakeholders across organizations.

What You’ll Bring

• 5-7+ years in a web development engineering role in a B2B or enterprise software marketing organization; 5+ years experience managing a team of engineers

• Advanced technical expertise and proficiency in web development and related web technologies including HTML CSS JavaScript and Vue.js

• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and partnering with stakeholders outside of Engineering including Marketing Product and leadership teams

• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical architectural and/or organizational problems and propose solutions

• Demonstrated ability to coach and lead a team of direct reports including hiring development and growth and driving a culture of high performance

• Experience with diagnosing and solving performance and optimization problems and an orientation to improvement and iteration; modeling a service-focused solution-oriented mindset

• Experience leading team to work in a highly agile intensely iterative software development process

About the team

Our team leads the GitLab’s digital marketing platform or simply the “Marketing Site” refers to https://about.gitlab.com. We own the following repositories:

• Buyer Experience

• GitLab Blog

• Navigation

• Slippers Design System

How GitLab will support you

• Benefits to support your health finances and well-being

• 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

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

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