Senior Solutions Architect - West

Details

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Guide technical discovery, product demonstrations, and validation activities, including proofs of value, to confirm technical fit, accelerate evaluation milestones, and improve technical win rates for GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform.
• Own the technical evaluation process for complex opportunities, including solution design, workshop facilitation, proof of concept or proof of value execution, and technical materials for tenders, audits, and assessments, with accountability for clear success criteria and documented evaluation outcomes.
• Develop end-to-end technical strategies for assigned accounts that expand platform adoption, reduce delivery risk, and enable multi-team and multi-year transformation milestones.
• Collaborate with Account Executives and regional sales teams in North America to shape account and territory plans, support qualification, and align technical strategy to customer priorities, opportunity progression, and business outcomes.
• Advise technical practitioners and business leaders on modern software development, continuous integration, continuous deployment, security, cloud, and platform adoption practices to improve delivery efficiency, strengthen security outcomes, and increase adoption of GitLab workflows.
• Drive competitive analysis and positioning for complex opportunities by using market, industry, and customer context to clarify GitLab’s differentiated approach and improve technical win readiness.
• Represent the voice of the customer by sharing product feedback, use cases, integration needs, and field insights with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing to improve roadmap decisions, integration readiness, and field effectiveness.
• Mentor other Solutions Architects, contribute to team learning initiatives, improve technical collateral and documentation, and share subject matter expertise through GitLab’s common collaboration channels to increase team readiness, reuse of technical assets, and consistency across engagements.

Requirements

• Experience working with customers in technical pre-sales, consulting, or related roles where you’ve guided solution design, technical evaluations, and adoption planning.
• Ability to solve customer issues with broad scope and high complexity, including integration challenges and cross-functional technical scenarios.
• Knowledge of the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including DevSecOps practices, continuous integration, continuous deployment, security, and cloud concepts.
• Hands-on familiarity with GitLab or similar source code management, CI/CD, and collaboration platforms, with the ability to connect platform capabilities to customer goals.
• Experience facilitating workshops, leading proofs of concept or proofs of value, and contributing to technical assessments, audits, or tender responses.
• Communication skills that let you adapt technical and business messages for practitioners, leaders, and executive stakeholders.
• Relationship-building skills with a customer-focused approach, including the ability to listen, challenge constructively, and advocate for customer requirements internally.
• Interest in continuous learning, mentoring, and applying transferable experience from related backgrounds to deepen expertise in GitLab, AI, and DevSecOps.

About the team

The Solutions Architect team is part of GitLab’s Sales organization. The team collaborates asynchronously across regions to share practices, develop reusable technical content, and bring field feedback into the business. They work closely with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing, and value knowledge sharing, strong technical storytelling, and continuous learning while helping customers modernize software delivery in a fast-changing AI and DevSecOps market.

Compensation and Benefits

United States Salary Range

$137,400 - $231,300 USD

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees:

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave
• Home Office Support

Additional Information

• Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements.
• Privacy Policy: Recruitment Privacy Policy is provided in the handbook.
• GitLab is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. The company provides accommodations during the recruiting process for applicants with disabilities.