Support Engineer (AMER) at GitLab

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GitLab is hiring a support engineer (amer) focused on technical support for GitLab customers in the Americas.

GitLab

Location: Remote
Work arrangement: remote
Technologies: Kubernetes, Linux

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Role overview

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

Support Engineering at GitLab isn’t just a title - you will be embedded within the Engineering department and will truly operate in an environment where Support and Engineering meet. You’ll interact with customers daily as they encounter the difficult edge cases of running GitLab in complex environments. In the space of a day, you might be doing behind the scenes work of a Linux administrator troubleshooting performance problems by using strace on a particular process, interacting with the Product team to ensure that steps in a bug report are reproducible, or interacting with the Engineering team itself by diving deep into our codebase and putting together a merge request to actually fix a customer issue.

That’s not all though - you’d equally be invited to contribute to the source code, improve our documentation, and help build out more efficient support processes in our issue tracker. We want to live in a world where everyone can contribute, and as a member of the support team, there are no barriers to using your skills to improve the experience of our users and customers.

A tool to automatically check a GitLab Omnibus install for known issues

A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting

A tool which turns log files into interactive tables to easily sort and filter columns

A functionality to ChatOps to make it easier to identify user accounts on GitLab.com

GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law . If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation , please let us know during the recruiting process .

Responsibilities

Design, build and operate production systems for technical support for GitLab customers in the Americas.
Collaborate with customers, product and engineering teams.
Improve reliability, performance, testing, automation and documentation.
Translate technical requirements into maintainable services and outcomes.

Qualifications

A tool to automatically check a GitLab Omnibus install for known issues
A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting
A tool which turns log files into interactive tables to easily sort and filter columns
A functionality to ChatOps to make it easier to identify user accounts on GitLab.com
Excellent Linux systems administration knowledge (LFCE or RHCE equivalent knowledge)
Ability to use scripting languages (preferably Ruby or Bash), and MVC frameworks (preferably Ruby on Rails)
Expertise in writing support content
Ability to communicate complex technical topics to customers and coworkers of varying technical skill level
Familiarity with DevOps methodologies and technologies like Serverless and Kubernetes
Understand a range of different GitLab implementations, and how service interruptions impact the customer.
Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.

Technology in this role

Kubernetes: A tool to automatically check a GitLab Omnibus install for known issues A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting A tool which turns log files into interactive tables to easily sort and filter columns A functionality to ChatOps to make it .
Linux: In the space of a day, you might be doing behind the scenes work of a Linux administrator troubleshooting performance problems by using strace on a particular process, interacting with the Product team to ensure that steps in a bug report are reproducible, or interacting with .
Ruby on Rails: A tool to automatically check a GitLab Omnibus install for known issues A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting A tool which turns log files into interactive tables to easily sort and filter columns A functionality to ChatOps to make it .
Ruby: A tool to automatically check a GitLab Omnibus install for known issues A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting A tool which turns log files into interactive tables to easily sort and filter columns A functionality to ChatOps to make it .
Bash: A tool to automatically check a GitLab Omnibus install for known issues A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting A tool which turns log files into interactive tables to easily sort and filter columns A functionality to ChatOps to make it .
Git: • Experience with Git and .
CI/CD: • Experience with Git and .
CAN: We want to live in a world where everyone can contribute, and as a member of the support team, there are no barriers to using your skills to improve the experience of our users and .
Rails: A tool to automatically check a GitLab Omnibus install for known issues A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting A tool which turns log files into interactive tables to easily sort and filter columns A functionality to ChatOps to make it .

Benefits

All remote , asynchronous work environment
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.