GitLab
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
US
UTC-10 to UTC-5 $220k to $270k per year Full time
Lead or Staff
- Where you can live
- Remote, US
- Working hours
- Overlap with UTC-10 to UTC-5
- Salary
- USD 220,000 to 270,000 per year
- Posted
- July 20, 2026
Python
TypeScript
Rust
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Vue
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Linux
PostgreSQL
Redis
CI/CD
Git
Summary from the posting
The Forward Deployed Engineering team connects strategic customer needs with GitLab product execution. The team works directly with customers and across GitLab to resolve complex adoption challenges, contribute durable product improvements, and create reusable technical guidance. Its goal is to stabilize urgent situations, improve the product, and transition ongoing ownership to the appropriate team rather than create a permanent dependency.
Ideal candidate profile
You're a Staff-level product or platform engineer who can operate in the field without becoming field-only.
This is a short summary. The full description, requirements and the application form are on GitLab's own career page.