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Engineering Manager, Security Platform: Authentication
Engineering managerRemote — Bangalore, India
Published on 2026-11-11
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About this role
Lead GitLab’s Authentication team in Bangalore, building and operating systems that authenticate users, applications, tokens, and AI agents. Drive multi-quarter authentication platform programs and migrations while hiring, developing, and supporting a distributed engineering team.
About the company
GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that brings source control, CI/CD, security, and project management into a single application. It helps engineering teams plan, build, secure, and ship software faster.
The team
Authentication team within GitLab’s Security Platform, partnering with GATE Core, GATE Infra, Authorization, and Tenant Scale teams.
Stack
OAuth 2.0OpenID Connect (OIDC)SAMLJSON Web Tokens (JWT)Ruby on RailsGoGATE
What you'll do
- Hire, onboard, and develop senior and intermediate engineers in Bangalore.
- Own roadmap delivery, milestones, risk tracking, and stakeholder updates.
- Turn architecture decisions into shippable, feature-flagged increments with the Staff Engineer and Product Manager.
- Coordinate cross-team programs across India, Europe, and the Americas.
- Ensure operational readiness, on-call coverage, incident response, and service reliability.
- Protect team focus, manage incoming work, and make trade-offs visible.
- Build a security-focused culture with documented decisions and constructive code reviews.
- Provide regular feedback, career guidance, and timely performance management.
What we're looking for
- Significant engineering management experience with backend or platform teams, including hiring and growing senior engineers.
- Engineering background in identity, authentication, or security systems, with depth in OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and JWTs.
- Experience delivering complex multi-team programs to fixed deadlines, including customer-safe migrations.
- Experience operating production services, including on-call, incident response, and reliability work.
- Working knowledge of Ruby on Rails or Go.
- Experience building or rapidly growing a team while maintaining a high hiring bar.
- Clear written English and ability to lead asynchronously across time zones.
Benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Equity compensation and employee stock purchase plan
- Growth and development fund
- Parental leave
- Team member resource groups