Engineering Manager, Software Supply Chain Security: Auth Infrastructure

Significant experience in engineering management with focus on infrastructure and distributed systems Deep expertise in proxy technologies (Envoy, Traefik, HAProxy, nginx) and edge routing Experience with DB technologies and storage, such as RDS, Google Spanner, Postgres or similar Strong background in Go and/or Rust for building high-performance infrastructure services Experience with service mesh architectures, mTLS, and zero-trust networking Expertise in gRPC, REST APIs, and service-to-service communication patterns Understanding of token systems (JWT, Macaroons), cryptographic signing, and key management Knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment patterns Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams focused on infrastructure Experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and GitOps practices Strong debugging and performance optimization skills for distributed systems

Lead the design and implementation of GitLab's authentication infrastructure layer, including Envoy proxy configuration, token services, and policy decision infrastructure Solve critical infrastructure challenges including bi-directional gRPC tunnels, mTLS implementation, short-lived certificate management and service mesh architecture Ensure infrastructure supports multiple deployment models: GitLab.com (millions of users), self-managed, Dedicated, and air-gapped environments Lead performance optimization efforts for authentication decisions at scale Implement infrastructure monitoring, observability, and debugging capabilities for distributed authentication systems