Developer Relations Engineer

GitLab is an AI-powered DevSecOps platform used by over 100,000 organizations, empowering developers globally to collaborate and contribute to open source projects. This Developer Relations Engineer role on the Contributor Success team focuses on enhancing community contributions, coaching cohorts, managing projects, and driving engagement. The position combines fullstack development expertise with community leadership in a fully remote, asynchronous, and values-driven environment.

GitLab is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer to join the Contributor Success team and enhance the efficiency and success of the GitLab contributor community. The role combines fullstack development skills with community engagement, coaching, and project management to enable contributors to effectively participate in GitLab’s open source projects. This position directly impacts thousands of developers and contributes to a vibrant, productive community while operating in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage contributor success projects to improve community engagement and output.
- Coach and guide cohorts of community members on technical and non-technical contributions.
- Track and analyze contributions to measure progress and identify improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with Programs teams on Education, Open Source, AI tooling, and Contributor initiatives.
- Advocate for improvements based on community feedback to enhance contributor experience.
- Participate in GitLab’s merge request coaching team, specializing in development, testing, or documentation.
- Facilitate Contributor Success team stand-ups and agile processes to ensure alignment.
- Travel to customer sites to onboard and support new contributors.

Requirements:
- Experience with Ruby and JavaScript, demonstrating fullstack development proficiency.
- Strong knowledge of Git and source control systems, including contribution workflows.
- Proven involvement in open source communities and contributions to recognized projects.
- Ability to coach and mentor community members on technical and non-technical aspects.
- Effective communication and public speaking skills.
- Self-motivated, organized, and capable of independently managing projects.
- Comfortable working remotely and asynchronously across distributed teams.
- Commitment to GitLab’s values and inclusive culture.

Benefits:
- Flexible paid time off and remote work environment.
- Equity compensation and employee stock purchase plan.
- Growth and development fund, home office support, and parental leave.
- Opportunity to work in a high-performance, values-driven, global open source community.

This role enables contributors to succeed while leveraging fullstack engineering expertise to strengthen GitLab’s open source ecosystem.