Engineering Manager, Trusted Agentic Development

Remote, Poland•EMEA

Remote

Senior

Full Time

💰PLN 296,000 - PLN 444,000

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Requirements

•Direct experience using AI agents to build software, including lessons from successes and missteps and a clear point of view on why a passing test suite isn't the same as working software.
•Experience leading engineering teams through ambiguous, early-stage problems where the right approach wasn't yet known.
•The ability to drive adoption through influence and a useful product rather than through mandate, including partnering across teams you don't manage.
•Technical depth to engage credibly in architecture and validation strategy discussions and earn the trust of senior engineers.
•A history of building accountable, high-performing teams, including hiring well, developing team members, and addressing underperformance directly.
•Strong written communication skills in an all-remote, asynchronous environment.
•Alignment with GitLab's values, especially collaboration, iteration, and transparency.

•Build and grow the team by hiring and developing engineers who practice agentic development, and create a culture that treats this as an open problem to solve rather than a process to enforce.
•Set direction in an undefined space by partnering with your team to shape the technical approach for validating agent-built software.
•Keep the team focused on the highest-impact version of the problem rather than the easiest one.
•Earn adoption by building relationships with engineering teams across GitLab, learning how they work with agents today, and creating a platform they choose because it makes them faster and more confident.
•Measure engineer adoption and trust through real usage, treat adopters as design partners, and use findings to prioritize where confidence is breaking down.
•Stay close to the technical work by engaging in architecture and design discussions, reviewing proposals, and keeping your judgment current as agentic development changes.
•Run the team with clear goals, direct feedback, honest performance management, and ownership of complex work from planning through completion without relying on a dedicated program manager.