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GitLab presents itself as an intelligent DevSecOps orchestration platform used by more than 50 million registered users and a majority of the Fortune 100, aimed at accelerating secure software delivery. The company emphasizes an AI-powered, high-performance culture where every team member should integrate AI into daily workflows to boost efficiency, innovation, and impact. As a Senior Security Engineer on the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), you will defend GitLab.com and the broader environment, lead high-severity incidents end-to-end in a 24/7 on-call model, and scale security operations with automation and AI-driven workflows. Responsibilities include coordinating incident response, producing executive communications, conducting DFIR investigations, designing detections with Signals Engineering, building automation, collaborating with Threat Intelligence, performing post-incident RCA, maintaining runbooks, and mentoring colleagues. Requirements include cloud-first incident response experience, proficiency with Git/GitLab in security or engineering contexts, SIEM/EDR/detection engineering, AWS/GCP familiarity, threat intelligence knowledge, automation skills, and an interest in applying AI/ML to detection and response, along with a commitment to diversity and an equal-opportunity workplace.

GitLab is an intelligent DevSecOps platform that helps organizations increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation, trusted by 50 million+ registered users and more than half of the Fortune 100. The company treats AI as a core productivity multiplier and expects all team members to incorporate AI into daily workflows, fostering a high-performance, values-driven culture where every voice is valued. The Director of Engineering, Security Factory will lead the engineering organization responsible for GitLab’s customer-facing security capabilities across the AI-powered platform, guiding nine teams that build proprietary scanners, AI-driven detection engines, agentic remediation flows, and security foundations. Responsibilities include setting the engineering vision and multi-quarter roadmap, driving architectural decisions for AI/ML detection and remediation, partnering with product management, owning delivery of scanners and AI security research, and representing the Security Factory in cross-functional planning, executive reviews, security disclosures, and customer conversations. The Security Factory team operates asynchronously across regions; GitLab offers benefits such as flexible PTO, equity, parental leave, growth opportunities, and an inclusive, equal-opportunity policy that welcomes candidates with varying levels of experience and provides accommodations as needed.