Field CTO

GitLab

Remote · Australia, Singapore
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Employment type: Full-time
Level: Lead

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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. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

About the role

We are currently hiring a Field CTO to join our Strategic Field Organization at a Principal Solutions Architect level to be based in Australia or Singapore. This role reports into our Global Head, Field CTOs. The Strategic Field Organization is a team of Principal Solutions Architects that supports global strategic prospects and customers. This team collaborates with the regional account teams to work together on large engagements that require a high degree of strategic planning - such as DevSecOps transformation, solution recommendations, and advisory for our customer's senior technical leadership.

Field Solutions Architects (SA) are the trusted advisors to GitLab prospects and customers during the presales motion. We demonstrate how the GitLab platform and GitLab Professional Services address common and unique business requirements. Our Solution Architect team adds value to GitLab's customers by providing subject matter expertise and industry experience throughout the sales process and collaborating internally with the product.

Our Field SA's also engage proactively with existing GitLab customers to provide thought-leadership, engage in innovative solutions, collaborate around evangelism activities around unique customer requirements (i.e. meetups and presentations) and continuously seek market feedback to improve the GitLab platform.

What you'll do

Create and maintain relationships with customer executives that contribute to large Net ARR deals and customer success
Provide executive-level, thought leadership on strategic opportunities (i.e., new logo and growth)
Curate and manage field feedback, while collaborating with the product team on roadmap and issue prioritization
Scale and grow regional-level expertise within the field (SAE/AE,SA,CSM) through contributions to enablement and content
Act as a prospect / customer advocate on DevSecOps transformation initiatives
Build and maintain select subject matter expertise related to GitLab targeted technology sectors through industry monitoring and participation in external working groups, committees and development projects
Keep up to date on GitLab-relevant emerging methodologies and technologies and leverage that knowledge to drive solution strategy and influence product strategy

What you'll bring

Significant experience as a CTO/ Principal Solution Architect with architecture of enterprise software development workflow
Experience delivering information/Cyber Security and compliance related solutions and assessments
Experience with software development tools, practices, and methodologies
Strong verbal and written skills with a strong ability to articulate and communicate strategies to all levels in an organization (i.e., executive to staff engineer)
Ability and willingness to learn and use GitLab as an integral part of the role
Ability to travel and comply with the company’s travel policy

How GitLab will support you

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