Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of engineers, working across the Pajamas Design System and the GitLab documentation site.
Define and build the engineering practice within Upstream Studios–this is a new function and you’ll have real influence over how it takes shape.
Guide architecture and technical decisions for the design system (components, tokens, patterns) and the docs site (performance, reliability, infrastructure, localization).
Help others across the organization understand the strategic value of a well-maintained design system and documentation platform.
Advocates for engineering quality: technical debt, accessibility standards, customer issues, security, and platform reliability.
Collaborate with Product Design and Technical Writing to translate design and content needs into scalable technical solutions
Requirements
Experience leading infrastructure, platform, or development teams, with a track record of building high-performing, values-aligned teams.
Deep expertise in design systems–including design tokens, component architecture, accessibility standards, and contribution models.
Excellent technical background, including professional experience with Git, docs-as-code, Hugo, accessibility and building and maintaining a design system.
Experience of building and supporting multi-lingual sites and localization workflows at scale.
Professional experience with JavaScript (Vue.js) and familiarity with Elasticsearch, Ruby/Go, AI tools, and continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
Strong expertise in running and scaling large, consumer-grade platforms, with a focus on reliability, security, performance, and scalability.
Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions.
Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
Passion for open source and developer tools, with a commitment to GitLab's values, inclusive culture, and high-performance expectations.
Tech Stack
ElasticSearch
JavaScript
Open Source
Ruby
Vue.js
Go
Benefits
Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan