Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer

Contributor Success Fullstack Engineers work on laying down an efficiency foundation for our community members to contribute to GitLab.

Responsibilities

Make GitLab contribution process the best and most welcomed in the world.
Carry out Engineering Contributor Success efforts
Improve GitLab’s Contribution Efficiency and Merge Request Coaching process.
Coach and lead cohorts of community contributors and ensure their success.
Provide guidance to community contributors on technical and non-technical aspects.
Create video resources and blog posts to improve contribution experience.
Track contribution delivery of the community cohorts you are assigned.
Nominate community contributors and contribution for recognition.
Be a permanent member of GitLab MR Coaches.
Be proficient at one or more MR Coach specialty (Development, Test, Documentation and etc).
Collaborate with GitLab’s Core and Developer Relations teams.
Participate in Contributor Success team stand-up and agile processes.
Be a sounding board for our community contributors.
Participate in GitLab’s overall Contributor Success events and processes.
Collaborate with & motivate customers who want to learn how to contribute to GitLab.

Requirements

Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills and eyes for quality.
Share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
Fluent in using GitLab
5 years or more developing in Ruby and Javascript
Extensive experience using Git and source control
Extensive experience with the Open Source community
Track record of contributing to well-known Open Source projects
Track record of customer interactions
Computer science education or equivalent experience
Proficiency in the English language, with excellent written and oral communication skills.
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values

Nice to haves

Experience in a peak performance organization
BS or MS degree in Computer Science
Notable ties into the Open Source community
Enterprise software company experience.
Developer platform/tool industry experience.

Levels

Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer

Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer Job Grade

The Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer is a grade 6.

Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer Responsibilities

Contribute to GitLab’s contribution efficiency results.
Deliver tasks assigned from Engineering Contributor Success project plans.
Coach and lead community contributors.
Give orientation to newly formed community contributor cohorts
Provide guidance to community contributors on technical and non-technical aspects.
Track contributions from community members and drive them to completion.
Implement contributor efficiency tooling improvements.
Nominate impactful community contributors and contribution for recognition.
Be a permanent member of GitLab MR Coaches.
Be proficient at one MR Coach specialty (Development, Test, Documentation and etc).
Participate in Contributor Success team stand-up and agile processes.
Listen to community contributors’ feedback and capture them as issues in the backlog.
Participate in GitLab’s overall Contributor Success events and processes.
Travel to customers for training purposes.

Senior Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer

Senior Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer Job Grade

The Senior Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer is a grade 7.

Senior Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer Responsibilities

The Senior Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer role extends the Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer role.

Drive GitLab’s contribution efficiency efforts and results.
Own one or more Engineering Contributor Success project plans.
Coach and lead cohorts of community contributors.
Give orientation to newly formed community contributor cohorts
Provide guidance to community contributors on technical and non-technical aspects.
Track contributions from community contributor cohorts and drive them to completion.
Propose efficient metrics for tracking community efficiency.
Nominate impactful community contributors, cohorts and contribution for recognition.
Be a permanent member of GitLab MR Coaches.
Be proficient at one or more MR Coach specialty (Development, Test, Documentation and etc).
Drive Contributor Success team stand-up and agile processes.
Advocate prioritization of improvements backlog based on feedback from our community.
Participate in GitLab’s overall Contributor Success events and processes.
Travel to customers for training purposes.

Staff Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer

Staff Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer Job Grade

The Staff Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer is a grade 8.

Staff Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer Responsibilities

The Staff Engineering Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer role extends the Senior Contributor Success Fullstack Engineer role.

Author results-focused proposals to improve GitLab’s contribution efficiency and drive them to completion.
Propose effective Engineering Contributor Success project plans.
Propose groups of community contributors to form teams of community contributors (cohort)
Give orientation to newly formed community contributor cohorts
Track community contributor & community cohorts efficiency metrics
Implement results-focused community efficiency metrics and measurements
Provide guidance to community contributors on technical and non-technical aspects.
Propose pipeline efficiency improvements and drive them to completion.
Review nominations of community contributors, cohorts and contribution for recognition.
Be a permanent member of GitLab MR Coaches.
Be proficient at one or more MR Coach specialty (Development, Test, Documentation and etc).
Own Project Management of Contributor Success team stand-up and agile processes.
Make trade-off recommendations to prioritize the most impactful improvements for the community.
Participate in GitLab’s overall Contributor Success events and processes.
Travel to customers for training purposes.

Performance Indicators

Key Performance Indicators

Regular Performance Indicators

Hiring Process

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find their job title on our team page.

Qualified candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute screening call with one of our Global Recruiters.
Next, candidates will be invited to a 60 minute interview with the Hiring Manager.
Candidates will then be invited to a 45 minute peer interview with an Engineer in the Contributor Success team.
Candidates will then be invited to a 45 minute interview with a Developer Advocate in the Developer Advocacy team.
Candidates will then be invited to a 45 minute interview with the VP of Developer Relations
Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer

Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page

About GitLab

GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise, and Duo Workflow, customers get the benefit of AI at every stage of the SDLC. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier. All team members are encouraged and expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact across our global organisation.

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