Merge Request Coach Lifecycle

Applying to become a Merge Request Coach

• Create a new issue using the mr_coach_onboarding template (see screenshot below).
• Fill in the placeholders in the issue template with your information.
• Assign the issue to yourself.
• Work through the steps in that new issue.

Stepping down gracefully

If you are no longer able to serve as a Merge Request Coach, you should identify another GitLab team member to take your place so that the capacity of the remaining coaches remains the same. When you are ready to step down, you need to:

1. Make an announcement on the #mr-coaching Slack channel.
2. Update the team.yml file to remove “Merge Request Coach”.
3. Remove yourself from the @gitlab-org/coaches group.

References/resources

1. Merge Request Coach responsibilities
2. Merge Request Coach collaboration guidelines
3. Community Discord channel: please join if you haven’t already!

Current Merge Request Coaches

GitLab currently has 40 merge request coaches:

Name	Group	Departments
Allen Cook	Create:Code Creation	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Create:Code Creation Create:Code Creation BE Team Merge Request Coach
Alexander Turinske	Security Risk Management:Security Policies	Expansion Engineering Function Development Department Sec Section Security Risk Management Stage Security Risk Management frontend capability Security Risk Management:Security Policies FE Team Security Risk Management:Security Policies Team Frontend Merge Request Coach
Alper Akgun	None	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Data Science Section MLOps Merge Request Coach
Bob Van Landuyt	Scalability	Core Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Platform Subdepartment Scalability Team Merge Request Coach
Daniel Murphy	None	Strategy Marketing Developer Relations Contributor Success Merge Request Coach
Deepika Guliani	Plan:Project Management	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Plan:Project Management FE Team Frontend Merge Request Coach
Denys Mishunov	None	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Data Science Section AI-powered Frontend Merge Request Coach
Dmitry Gruzd	Global Search	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Core Platform Sub-department Global Search BE Team Merge Request Coach
Ezekiel Kigbo	Plan:Optimize	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Plan:Optimize FE Team Frontend Merge Request Coach
Illya Klymov	Software Supply Chain Security:Compliance	Expansion Engineering Function Development Department Sec Section Software Supply Chain Security Sub-department Software Supply Chain Security:Compliance Team Software Supply Chain Security:Compliance FE Team Frontend Merge Request Coach
Jack Chapman	Plan:Product Planning	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Plan:Product Planning FE Team Merge Request Coach
Jannik Lehmann	AI-powered:Duo Chat	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Frontend AI-powered:Duo Chat FE Team Merge Request Coach
James Rushford	Foundations:Design System	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Frontend Merge Request Coach Foundations:Design System Team Foundations:Design System FE Team
Justin Ho	Manage:Import and Integrate	Core Development Engineering Function Frontend Development Department Dev Section Manage:Import and Integrate FE Team Merge Request Coach
Kerri Miller	Create:Code Review	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Create:Code Review BE Team Merge Request Coach Create:Code Review
Kushal Pandya	None	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Frontend Merge Request Coach
Lee Tickett	Core	Strategy Marketing Developer Relations Contributor Success Merge Request Coach Core Team
Jen-Shin Lin	Engineering Productivity	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Quality Department Engineering Productivity Team Merge Request Coach
Max Woolf	Monitor:Platform Insights	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Analytics Section Monitor:Platform Insights BE Team Merge Request Coach
Missy Davies	Create:Code Creation	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Create:Code Creation Create:Code Creation BE Team Merge Request Coach
Nao Hashizume	Engineering Productivity	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Quality Department Engineering Productivity Team Merge Request Coach
Oksana Kohuch	None	Community Relations Marketing Developer Relations Contributor Success Merge Request Coach
Patrick Bajao	Create:Code Review	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Create:Code Review BE Team Merge Request Coach Create:Code Review
Paul Slaughter	Create:Remote Development	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Create:Remote Development FE Team Frontend Merge Request Coach
Pavel Shutsin	Plan:Optimize	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Plan:Optimize BE Team Merge Request Coach
Pedro Pombeiro	Verify:Runner	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Ops Sub-department Verify Stage Verify:Runner Group Runner BE Team Merge Request Coach
Peter Leitzen	Engineering Productivity	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Quality Department Engineering Productivity Team Merge Request Coach
Peter Hegman	Tenant Scale	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Core Platform Sub-department Tenant Scale FE Team Frontend Merge Request Coach
Raimund Hook	None	Strategy Marketing Developer Relations Contributor Success Merge Request Coach
Rajan Mistry	Plan:Product Planning	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Plan:Product Planning FE Team Merge Request Coach
Rémy Coutable	Engineering Productivity	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Quality Department Engineering Productivity Team Merge Request Coach Core Team
Reuben Pereira	Delivery	Core Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Platform Subdepartment Delivery Team Backend Merge Request Coach
Siddharth Dungarwal	Global Search	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Core Platform Sub-department Global Search BE Team Merge Request Coach
Terri Chu	Global Search	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Core Platform Sub-department Global Search BE Team Merge Request Coach Parental Leave Reentry buddy
Tetiana Chupryna	AI-powered:Duo Chat	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Data Science Section AI-powered:Duo Chat BE Team Merge Request Coach
Thong Kuah	Tenant Scale	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Core Platform Sub-department Tenant Scale BE Team Merge Request Coach
Timo Furrer	Environments	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Ops Section Environments BE Team Environments Group Merge Request Coach
Toon Claes	Git	Internal Infrastructure Engineering Function Infrastructure Department Core Platform Sub-department Git Team Merge Request Coach
Vasilii Iakliushin	Create:Source Code	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Create:Source Code BE Team Merge Request Coach Create:Source Code
Vitali Tatarintev	Create:Code Creation	Core Development Engineering Function Development Department Dev Section Create:Code Creation Create:Code Creation BE Team Merge Request Coach