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Job description
As an Engineering Manager for Composition Analysis, you'll lead a team building the software composition analysis capabilities that help GitLab customers find and fix vulnerabilities in their application dependencies and software supply chain. You'll guide engineers working on software composition analysis and container scanning, and you'll be responsible for setting priorities, shaping product architecture, and running agile processes so that our security offerings stay effective, reliable, and easy to use in real DevSecOps environments. You'll balance complex, security-focused roadmaps and author project plans so that customers get a robust composition analysis experience within GitLab. In your first year, you'll drive key initiatives like auto-remediation of vulnerable packages and auto-fix breaking changes with AI, scanning unmanaged C/C++ dependencies, static reachability analysis, malicious package detection, and snippet detection for open source dependencies.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineers across the Composition Analysis team, setting clear priorities and expectations.
- Drive key security initiatives, including auto-remediation of vulnerable software packages, scanning unmanaged C/C++ dependencies, static reachability analysis, and snippet detection for open source dependencies.
- Balance priorities and resources across the Composition Analysis team to ensure sustainable delivery and high-quality outcomes.
- Author and maintain project plans for epics within the Composition Analysis team, aligning work, identifying dependencies, and ensuring quality delivery.
- Run agile project management processes for the Composition Analysis team, including planning, estimation, and continuous improvement of delivery practices.
- Provide guidance on the architecture of software composition analysis solutions, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and effective.
- Collaborate closely with the Composition Analysis team to ensure consistent, high-quality approaches to application security across GitLab's platform.
Requirements
- Background leading multiple technical teams or groups, ideally in application security or cloud security.
- Practical understanding of software composition analysis, including how to assess and manage risks in application dependencies.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies, package managers, and dependency management systems.
- Experience working with or around open source security tooling (for example, Syft, Grype, Trivy, or similar tools).
- Ability to plan and run agile project management processes for the Composition Analysis team, including coordinating priorities and dependencies.
- Skill in guiding product and architecture decisions for security scanning tools, balancing technical constraints with customer needs.
- Openness to candidates with transferable experience in security engineering, DevSecOps, or vulnerability management who are motivated to grow in application security leadership.
About GitLab
GitLab provides a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform that enables teams to build, deliver, and secure software through an all-in-one solution combining development, security, and operations tools. The company offers professional services to help customers accelerate adoption and achieve business outcomes with GitLab's SaaS and on-premises solutions. It operates a subscription-based business model serving enterprise and commercial customers globally.
