Director of Engineering, Database Excellence is open at GitLab (Remote, Canada; Remote, United States). The posting gives a salary of $230K - $346K. Posted on Sep 29, 2026, and still on GitLab’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Set direction and long-range plans for the database platform in line with company strategy. Own database capacity and availability outcomes for GitLab.com, and communicate database risk to senior leadership. Lead and coach three Engineering Managers and develop Staff-plus engineers into leaders. Drive cross-division technical decisions using data, partnering with Infrastructure, Product, Distribution, Support…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on GitLab’s careers page.
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