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Engineering Manager, SSCS: Supply Chain
GitLab
Remote · United StatesSalary not disclosedfull-timeGitLab Careers
An overview of this role As an Engineering Manager, you’ll guide GitLab’s dedicated Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) Add-On engineering team as it develops core capabilities including Dependency Firewall, Build Provenance, Malicious Packages detection, and Artifact Signing. This is a founding management role where you’ll help shape how the team works, partner closely with the Staff Backend Engineer, Product Manager, and SSCS stage management, and turn a defined roadmap into steady, high-quality delivery for enterprise customers with strict security and compliance needs.
Responsibilities
- Guide a backend engineering team building the SSCS Add-On across dependency enforcement, build provenance, malicious package detection, and artifact signing.
- Be responsible for
- Drive engineering delivery for general availability milestones by aligning sequencing, scope, and dependencies with the Staff Backend Engineer and Product Manager.
- Develop the team by partnering with Talent Acquisition on sourcing, interview design, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions.
- Run regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations that enable growth and clear expectations.
- Advance engineering quality by monitoring cycle time, defect rates, and test coverage, and by addressing risks early.
- Coordinate quarterly planning and roadmap tradeoff discussions with SSCS stage leadership and Product.
- Work with Finance and other partners on headcount pacing and team planning as the Add-On scales.
- Represent the SSCS Add-On team within stage leadership discussions and help ensure strong communication across functions.
Languages
- Work format
- Remote
- Seniority
- Lead
- Posted
- 27 Mar 2026
- Last verified
- In the last 5 days