Engineering Manager, SSCS: Supply Chain

GitLab
India
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Supply Chain & LogisticsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Problem-solving","Team management"]

Lead and grow the Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) Add-On backend engineering team, focusing on building core capabilities like Dependency Firewall, Build Provenance, Malicious Packages detection, and Artifact Signing. Own GA delivery planning, team development, cross-functional alignment, and cadence of performance reviews in a distributed, documentation-driven organization with emphasis on security, quality, and scalable delivery for regulated enterprise customers.

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GitLab
GitLab
5 months ago

Engineering Manager, SSCS: Supply Chain

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Job Summary

Lead and grow the Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) Add-On backend engineering team, focusing on building core capabilities like Dependency Firewall, Build Provenance, Malicious Packages detection, and Artifact Signing. Own GA delivery planning, team development, cross-functional alignment, and cadence of performance reviews in a distributed, documentation-driven organization with emphasis on security, quality, and scalable delivery for regulated enterprise customers.
Location: India
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Supply Chain & Logistics
Seniority: Manager level

Key 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.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience guiding backend product engineering teams in security, DevSecOps, or platform engineering environments.
  • •Ability to hire and grow backend or security engineers in distributed team environments, with practical understanding of the talent landscape for these roles.
  • •Technical credibility to contribute to architecture discussions involving package registries, CI/CD pipeline security, and signing infrastructure.
  • •Experience managing predictable delivery across multi-quarter product roadmaps and managing cross-team dependencies.
  • •Comfort working in an asynchronous, documentation-driven organization with clear written communication.
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeam management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SLSASigstoreCI/CD

Company Brief

GitLab
Provides a single application for the complete DevSecOps lifecycle, offering source code management, CI/CD, security, and collaboration tools to help teams deliver software faster and more securely.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2011
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