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Senior Absence Management Specialist

Gitlab
Full-time
Remote
What you’ll do in this role

Contribute to the overall direction of the Govern stage by collaborating and making proposals across several teams on their engineering work, and helping their team members make informed decisions in alignment with strategic plans
Teach, mentor, grow, and provide advice to other domain experts and individual contributors across several teams. Advise on resourcing requirements and provide feedback on promotions into technical leadership roles
Plan improvements and features with a 6 month view and ensure that OKR-level goals are aligned across the sub-department
Solve technical problems of the highest scope, complexity, and ambiguity while looking for innovation opportunities between several teams and demonstrating a willingness to experiment and to boldly confront problems of large complexity and scope
Interface with Engineering Managers and Senior Management, and enable Staff Engineers to engage on stage-level aspects of larger (sub-department wide) initiatives. Provide a point of escalation for sub-department teams facing complex technical challenges
Propose initial technical implementations which support architectural changes that solve scaling and performance problems
Interact with customers and other external stakeholders as a consultant and spokesperson for the work of your sub-department
Identify slow and inefficient code across multiple products