--- title: 'Field CTO, Public Sector at GitLab' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/field-cto-public-sector-gitlab-united-states-2cfh4zx1btw0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-16' --- # Field CTO, Public Sector at GitLab - **Company:** GitLab - **Location:** United States - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8792585002 ## Job description 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI) 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. An overview of this role As a Field CTO, Public Sector at GitLab, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor for public sector customers and prospects, helping them connect DevSecOps strategy, security, and compliance goals to real business and mission outcomes. You will work closely with executive stakeholders during the pre-sales process, offering strategic guidance on how GitLab can support secure software delivery, modernization efforts, and platform adoption across complex environments. In this role, you will combine technical depth with executive communication. You will build relationships with leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and chief security architects, while also partnering across GitLab with sales, marketing, and product teams. Your perspective from the field will help shape customer conversations, influence go-to-market strategy, and inform how GitLab continues to serve public sector organizations. Note: This is an individual contributor, customer-facing technical advisory role; it does not include direct people management responsibilities. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of technology strategy, customer engagement, and market leadership. You will help customers understand the value of a single DevSecOps platform, contribute to industry conversations around standards and guidance, and represent GitLab in a way that reflects our values of transparency, collaboration, and results. Some examples of our projects: - Supporting strategic public sector opportunities with executive-level DevSecOps and security guidance - Contributing to government working groups, standards discussions, and public sector thought leadership content ## What you'll do - Engage with customers in a technical consulting and advisory role during the pre-sales process, providing technical assistance and strategic guidance. - Deliver executive-level thought leadership on DevSecOps, security, and compliance for strategic public sector opportunities, including new and growth accounts. - Build and maintain relationships with customer leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and chief security architects. - Partner with the marketing team to develop content and support media engagement opportunities that increase awareness of GitLab in the public sector market. - Educate customers on the value of the GitLab platform and related technologies, and support conversations across multiple levels of the organization to help enable successful deployment. - Assist with requests for information and responses related to government publications and public-private partnership opportunities. - Participate in and contribute to working groups connected to government publications, standards, and demonstrations. - Curate and communicate public sector field feedback, collaborate on prioritization with marketing and product teams, and contribute to sales strategy, playbooks, enablement, and reusable technical content for the field. ## What you'll bring - Demonstrated expertise in DevSecOps strategy, application security, and compliance for regulated environments, including providing risk-based guidance. - Experience selling to, supporting, or working within the public sector. - Experience creating and delivering technical thought leadership content (presentations, demos, written materials) independently. - Working knowledge of the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including CI/CD and modern engineering and operations practices. - Experience with cloud computing and modern platform architectures that support secure software delivery. - Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical strategy effectively to audiences ranging from executives to engineers. - Comfort working in a fully remote, distributed, and asynchronous environment. - Ability to coordinate across time zones and adapt schedules to customer and internal stakeholder needs. - Experience in technical pre-sales, consulting, solutions architecture, or comparable customer-facing IT roles, including using GitLab (and willingness to learn quickly) to support customer conversations and demonstrations. - Living in the Washington D.C. Metro area preferred Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, as permitted by applicable law. ## About the team The Field CTO, Public Sector role works across customer-facing and internal teams to help GitLab meet the needs of public sector organizations with clarity, credibility, and deep technical insight. This role partners closely with sales, solutions, marketing, and product stakeholders to represent customer priorities, strengthen technical strategy in the field, and support GitLab's position in a highly regulated and mission-driven market. The team environment is collaborative, remote, and asynchronous, with a strong focus on sharing knowledge and turning field insight into action. The work is especially meaningful because it brings together executive advisory skills, platform expertise, and an understanding of security and compliance expectations that matter in public sector environments. Success in this role comes from being able to translate complex technical topics into clear guidance, while also helping GitLab improve how we serve this market over time. At GitLab, you'll do this work in a values-driven culture built on collaboration, results, efficiency, diversity, inclusion and belonging, iteration, and transparency. How GitLab will support you - [Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/) - [Flexible Paid Time Off](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/paid-time-off/) - [Team Member Resource Groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/erg-guide/#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20TMRG%20%2D%20Team%20Member%20Resource%20Groups,-TMRGs%20are%20voluntary&text=The%20purpose%20for%20this%20type,developing%20the%20sense%20of%20belonging.) - [Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/) - [Growth and Development Fund](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/) - [Parental leave](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave) - [Home office](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/finance/expenses/#equipment) support Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from [underrepresented groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-underrepresented-groups) are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees - [Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/) - [Flexible Paid Time Off](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/time-off-and-absence/time-off-types/#flexible-paid-time-off-pto) - [Team Member Resource Groups](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/culture/inclusion/tmrg-tmag/) - [Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/) - [Growth and Development Fund](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/) - [Parental Leave](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave) Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from [underrepresented groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-underrepresented-groups) are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. 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. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process. Privacy Policy: Please review our [Recruitment Privacy Policy.](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/candidate-faq/recruitment-privacy-policy/) Your privacy is important to us. GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also [GitLab’s EEO Policy](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#equal-employment-opportunity-policy) and [EEO is the Law](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/labor-and-employment-notices/#eeoc-us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-notices). If you have a disability or special need that requires [accommodation](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#reasonable-accommodation), please let us know during the [recruiting process](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/#adjustments-to-our-interview-process). ## About GitLab ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: GitLab provides an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling teams and AI agents to plan, build, secure, and deploy software faster. - **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: GTLB) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, USA - **Founded**: 2011 - **Founders**: Not explicitly listed in provided materials ## Core Business - Primary industry: DevSecOps, Software Development Lifecycle Platform - Target customers: Enterprise, SMB, B2B – used by over 100,000 organizations including large enterprises - Mission / Purpose: "Unlock every team to ship trusted software at the speed of imagination" ## Products & Services - **[GitLab Platform](https://about.gitlab.com/company/)**: Integrated DevSecOps/DevOps platform (SaaS and self-managed) covering source code management, CI/CD, security scanning, monitoring, and AI-powered features (e.g., Duo Agent). - **GitLab Duo**: AI-powered suite of tools for code generation, review, and automation across the software lifecycle. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed in provided materials (public company – refer to NASDAQ: GTLB) - **Key Metrics**: Over 50 million registered users, 2,500+ team members, 5,500+ code contributors, 2,500+ consecutive monthly releases (as of June 2026) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Public company; prior investors include Y Combinator (2015 cohort). Detailed list not provided. - **Growth Signals**: 100,000+ organizations use GitLab; continuous monthly releases since 2011; expanding AI capabilities (Duo Agent); certification as Great Place to Work (US & India, 2026–2027) ## Competitive Advantages - **All-in-one DevSecOps platform** that replaces multiple point tools, reducing complexity and toolchain friction. - **Strong open-source heritage** and community-driven innovation (5,500+ contributors). - **AI-first approach** with built-in agents for code generation, review, and security. - **Culture of transparency** – handbook-first, public-by-default documentation that scales remote work. ## Strategic Focus - **AI-powered software creation**: Deep integration of AI agents (Duo Agent) to accelerate development while maintaining security and compliance. - **Enterprise adoption**: Scaling to meet the needs of large, regulated organizations with compliance and security features. - **Remote-first operations**: Continuing to build and improve asynchronous, all-remote work culture as a competitive advantage. ## Why Work Here - **Fully remote**: 100% remote company from the start – work from anywhere; asynchronous and flexible schedules. - **Awards & recognition**: Great Place to Work Certified (US & India 2026–2027); BuiltIn Best Remote Places to Work 2026; Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology 2025. - **Benefits**: Equity compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, generous paid time off, annual growth & development benefit, access to LinkedIn Learning and leadership programs. - **Inclusive culture**: Multiple Team Member Resource Groups, strong Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) commitment. - **Learning & development**: Industry-leading leadership programs and platforms like LinkedIn Learning and Level Up. ## Sources 1. [about.gitlab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/) 2. [about.gitlab.com/company](https://about.gitlab.com/company/) 3. [handbook.gitlab.com](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/employment-branding/content-library/) 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8481958002) 5. 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