Senior Frontend Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our AI Powered:Workflow Catalog team. The Workflow Catalog team forwards GitLab's AI initiatives, building the platform that will allow users to discover, browse, and deploy AI agents, workflows, and tools. We operate with a startup mentality within GitLab; moving fast, failing fast, and iterating rapidly to compete in the AI landscape.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer on the Workflow Catalog team, you'll help develop the user interface for GitLab's AI discovery platform and mentor other engineers on the team. You'll architect solutions using AI technologies while building intuitive experiences that make AI flows accessible to both technical and non-technical users. This is an opportunity to drive technical direction for AI tooling at GitLab amongst a team of experienced engineers.

Some key challenges you'll help solve include:

• Creating an interactive node-based flow editor for creating and edition AI flows.
• Creating reusable catalog components that work across different AI tool types without requiring users to understand complex YAML configurations
• Leading the implementation of discovery and browsing experiences that compete with other AI platforms
• Designing integration patterns with backend services including Workflow Service and AI Gateway
• Balancing rapid prototyping with maintainable, scalable architecture while mentoring team members

What You'll Do

• Lead the development of features and improvements to the GitLab product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way using Vue.js, React, and GraphQL
• Drive technical decisions and architecture choices for frontend components and systems
• Mentor intermediate and junior frontend engineers, providing technical guidance and career development support
• Collaborate with Product Management, Backend, UX, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and drive feature development
• Establish and maintain internal standards for code style, maintainability, and best practices for high-scale web environments
• Lead code review processes and ensure adherence to engineering best practices across the team
• Design and build complex, responsive and accessible components that deliver excellent user experiences across devices and user needs
• Independently own and deliver large, complex features with minimal oversight while providing guidance to other team members
• Work closely with UX designers to translate complex requirements into intuitive and effective user interfaces
• Lead technical discussions, knowledge sharing, and contribute to the growth of the entire Frontend Engineering organization
• Drive improvements to test coverage, system reliability, and development processes
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex technical issues and system integrations
• Contribute to technical strategy, documentation, and internal knowledge sharing initiatives
• Participate in technical interviews and help grow the engineering team

What You'll Bring

• In depth experience with Vue.js, React or other modern JavaScript frameworks, with expertise in GraphQL for API integration and data management
• Advanced understanding of semantic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern web development practices
• Proven experience architecting and building complex frontend applications at scale
• Strong experience writing comprehensive automated tests (Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, AVA, tape) including frontend unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Expert-level experience using Git in professional environments with deep understanding of code review processes and git workflows
• Advanced understanding of responsive design principles, accessibility standards (WCAG), and cross-browser compatibility
• Deep understanding of core web and browser concepts including performance optimization, rendering pipelines, and modern web APIs
• Demonstrated expertise in performance optimization with ability to diagnose, prevent, and resolve complex performance issues
• Experience with frontend build tools, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes
• Proven leadership and mentoring experience with ability to guide technical decisions and develop other engineers
• Excellent English communication skills with ability to lead technical discussions in a remote and asynchronous environment
• Strong collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to work across teams and influence technical decisions
• Experience working in highly agile, iterative software development processes with ability to balance speed and quality
• Self-directed with excellent organizational and project management skills
• Proven track record of working collaboratively across organizations and driving consensus on technical decisions
• Strong remote work experience with ability to lead and collaborate effectively across time zones
• Strategic thinking with ability to balance immediate needs with long-term technical vision
• Strong ownership mentality with proven ability to drive projects from conception to delivery

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with AI/ML products or strong interest in AI applications
• Python familiarity (for Workflow Service collaboration)
• Ruby on Rails experience (GitLab's backend)
• Design systems and component libraries knowledge
• Catalog, marketplace, or discovery platform experience
• Microservice architectures and distributed systems understanding
• Leadership experience in startup/fast-moving environments
• Computer science degree or equivalent
• Open source contributions

About the team

You'll lead within a team of 8-9 engineers across APAC and EMEA timezones, working closely with AI Foundations and the other AI teams.

We operate with:

• 2-week iterations with startup mentality
• Unit-based collaboration (2-3 engineers per feature)
• Cross-timezone weekly meetings
• Technical mentorship and knowledge sharing

Our mission: Create GitLab's AI workflow discovery platform that scales across different AI tool types and establishes GitLab as a leader in AI workflow management.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you'll shape both technical architecture and user experience of GitLab's AI platform while mentoring engineers. This role offers substantial growth in AI space with significant technical leadership opportunities.