Deduplicate Director of Engineering job families

### Director, Development

The Director of Development role extends the [Senior Engineering Manager](#senior-engineering-manager-development) role.

- The Director of Development role extends the [Senior Engineering Manager](#senior-engineering-manager-development) role.

- The Director of Engineering role reports to the [Senior Director, Development](#senior-director-development).

#### Job Grade

Director, Development requirements match those of [Director, Engineering](/job-families/engineering/engineering-management/#director-engineering-requirements).

#### Nice-to-have Requirements

- Be a user of GitLab, or familiar with our company

- Prior Developer Platform or Tool industry experience

- Prior product company experience

- Prior high-growth startup experience

- Experience working on systems at massive (i.e. consumer) scale

- Deep open source experience

- Experience working with global teams

- We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in leadership

- Be inquisitive: Ask great questions

### Distinguished Engineer

#### Job Grade

- Drive high throughput

- Standardize the development process where needed, allow local differences where advantageous

## Requirements

- Excellent communication skills

- Expert hiring manager skills and experience

- Experience managing managers, and a strong people management philosophy for both managers and engineers.

- Track record of structuring, staffing, and maintaining a high-performing organization that is resourced appropriately and cost-effectively.

- Ability to coordinate complex technical projects that span multiple teams, while providing high-level progress updates in clear, business-friendly terms.

- Ability to develop long-term technical roadmaps and broker architectural decisions across teams.

- Experience prioritizing technical debt at the organizational level, identifying risks, and balancing short-term delivery with long-term system health.

- Expertise in agile methodologies, with a focus on optimizing overall organizational velocity and execution against business goals.

- Demonstrate longevity at, at least, one recent job

- Ability to be successful managing at a remote-only company

- Humble, servant leader

## Levels

- Senior Engineering Manager

- Hire and manage multiple teams that live our [values](/handbook/values/)

- Maintain an environment where Team Members can thrive and the team produces [Results for Customers](/handbook/values/#results)

### Director, Infrastructure (Reliability)

### Director, Infrastructure

The Director, Infrastructure (Reliability) manages the Engineering Reliability teams within the Infrastructure Department. These teams work on GitLab.com and also contribute to our core product. They are capable of managing multiple teams and guiding a portfolio of projects to successful outcomes. They are expert recruiters of Database Reliability Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers and Engineering Managers. They understand how to assess team capabilities and grow the existing talent on their teams. They possess a vision for successful reliability engineering and are advocates for supporting practices and technology. This role is a senior influencer who models the behaviors we want to see in our teams and contributes to great results.

#### Director, Infrastructure (Reliability) Job Grade

#### Director, Infrastructure Job Grade

The Director, Infrastructure is a [grade 10](/handbook/total-rewards/compensation/compensation-calculator/#gitlab-job-grades).

#### Director, Infrastructure (Reliability) Responsibilities

#### Director, Infrastructure Responsibilities

Director, Infrastructure responsibilities extend those of [Director, Engineering](/job-families/engineering/engineering-management/#director-engineering-responsibilities).

- Lead hiring and management success across multiple Infrastructure Reliability Engineering teams

- Measure and improve productivity of the team while supporting a great Team Member experience and belonging

#### Director, Infrastructure (Reliability) Requirements

Director, Infrastructure requirements extend those of [Director, Engineering](/job-families/engineering/engineering-management/#director-engineering-requirements).

- Relevant experience managing multiple operational reliability and/or engineering teams

- Excellent recruiter capable of attracting top talent

- Experience with consumer-level scale systems and Software as a Service (SaaS) product delivery

#### Nice-to-haves

Director, Infrastructure nice-to-haves extend those of [Director, Engineering](/job-families/engineering/engineering-management/#director-engineering-nice-to-have-requirements).

- Candidates with diverse experience and backgrounds

- Prior remote work experience

- Significant open source contributions

- Experience with global teams

### Senior Director, Infrastructure