[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![GitLab logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2020/12/WRILS-201207055737-109952.jpg)](https://jobicy.com/company/gitlab.md)[GitLab](https://jobicy.com/company/gitlab.md) # Senior Professional Services Engineer, Japan Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/gitlab.md)ShareRemote from[Japan](https://jobicy.com/job-region/japan.md)SalaryUndisclosedDepartment[DevOps & Infrastructure](https://jobicy.com/categories/admin.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceSeniorPublished26 Oct 2026Apply before25 Nov 2026Listing views28Application actions2Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. AI Summary ## The role, at a glance. This senior Professional Services Engineer role delivers customer-facing GitLab installation, migration, training, and advisory engagements. The engineer designs GitLab reference architectures and deployments using infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code practices across AWS, GCP, and Azure. The position leads several complex customer projects, serves as a technical advisor, and mentors less-experienced services engineers. It requires strong GitLab, Git, cloud infrastructure, Terraform or Ansible expertise, plus clear asynchronous communication in English. The role is fully remote for candidates located and authorized to work in Japan. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 4/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThe role combines deep infrastructure expertise, multi-cloud delivery, migration leadership, and direct customer accountability. Managing concurrent engagements while mentoring peers and coordinating asynchronously makes it a highly demanding senior role. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Highly competitive$120,000US market range (per year)$95k–$145k0$159.50k AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer salary was disclosed. The annual USD figures are estimated market compensation for a senior remote professional-services and DevOps infrastructure engineer in Japan; the yearly cadence is inferred from the full-time senior role and standard professional compensation conventions. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. 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I would define a phased migration plan with validation criteria, pilot repositories, rollback procedures, and user enablement. After migration, I would verify data integrity, access controls, CI/CD functionality, and adoption metrics. Describe how you would design a highly available self-managed GitLab environment using infrastructure as code. I would assess expected usage, availability objectives, data residency, and operational constraints before selecting a reference architecture. I would provision repeatable infrastructure with Terraform and configure services through Ansible or equivalent tooling, including resilient database, storage, Redis, observability, backup, and recovery components. I would document operational runbooks and validate the design through failure testing and capacity checks. How do you manage multiple customer engagements without losing delivery quality? I establish clear scopes, milestones, owners, risks, and communication cadences for each engagement. I prioritize work by customer impact and delivery dependencies, maintain concise written status updates, and raise blockers early. Reusable templates, runbooks, and automation help maintain consistent outcomes across projects. How would you explain a technical tradeoff, such as GitLab SaaS versus self-managed GitLab, to a customer? I would relate the decision to the customer's security, compliance, operational ownership, integration, scalability, and cost requirements. I would present concrete benefits, limitations, risks, and operational responsibilities for each option rather than advocating a default answer. Then I would document the decision and the rationale so stakeholders can align on implementation steps. What practices help you work effectively in a largely asynchronous remote organization? I write decisions, designs, status updates, and action items clearly enough that teammates can act without a live meeting. I set expectations for response times, use structured project documentation, and make risks visible early. I also schedule synchronous discussions only when they materially accelerate resolution or require real-time collaboration. Opportunity details ## About this role. 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 Senior Professional Services Engineer at GitLab, you’ll work directly with customers to deliver installation, migration, training, and advisory services that help them adopt GitLab successfully. You’ll lead engagements from single-node Omnibus installs to large reference architectures built with infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration as code. You’ll also guide migrations from other systems to GitLab SaaS or self-managed deployments, and help customers make practical decisions that improve reliability, security, and day-to-day workflows. In this role, you’ll work closely with customers and GitLab’s product and engineering teams to drive customer success and share feedback that improves GitLab and how we deliver services. You’ll manage multiple projects at once, mentor other Professional Services Engineers, and help streamline how we deliver consistent outcomes in a remote, largely asynchronous environment. Some examples of our projects: * Designing and delivering GitLab installations and reference architectures using tools like Terraform and Ansible across major cloud providers * Leading migrations to GitLab SaaS or self-managed GitLab, and turning customer feedback into actionable improvements for GitLab’s product and engineering teams ### What you’ll do * Deliver GitLab Professional Services engagements, including installation, migration, training, and advisory services across GitLab capabilities. * Plan and execute deployments ranging from single-node Omnibus installations to large reference architectures using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code practices. * Lead migrations from multiple source systems to GitLab SaaS or self-managed GitLab, helping customers adopt secure, reliable workflows. * Partner with Engagement Managers and Project Managers to improve delivery consistency, remove friction, and continuously refine delivery processes. * Serve as a trusted technical advisor for customers, translating goals and constraints into practical implementation plans and clear next steps. * Interface with GitLab’s product and engineering teams to unblock customer outcomes and share feedback that helps improve GitLab features and services. * Mentor Associate and Intermediate Professional Services Engineers, providing technical guidance, helping remove blockers, and supporting increased autonomy. * Manage and deliver multiple customer engagements at once, either as the primary engineer or as a lead providing oversight and direction to other engineers. ### What you’ll bring * Professional exposure with one or more infrastructure as code or configuration as code technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Puppet, or Chef. * Professional exposure with two or more cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure. * Experience using, deploying, or configuring GitLab, including a solid understanding of Git and source control workflows. * Experience delivering customer-facing services such as installation, migration, training, and advisory engagements across GitLab’s feature set. * Proven ability to independently manage one or more projects and to lead and provide direction to other Professional Services Engineers on complex engagements. * Strong communication skills in English, written and verbal, with the ability to provide clear status updates and build consensus with peers and customers in a remote, largely asynchronous environment. * Demonstrated ability to take a solution-oriented approach by identifying root causes, proposing options and tradeoffs, and driving issues to resolution while balancing multiple customer engagements in a fast-paced environment. * Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fully remote organization by communicating clearly in writing, documenting decisions, collaborating asynchronously across time zones, and working in ways consistent with GitLab’s values. * Must be located in Japan and have full working rights in Japan ### About the team Senior Professional Services Engineers are part of GitLab’s Professional Services team. We partner closely with Engagement Managers and Project Managers to deliver consistent outcomes, and we work with GitLab’s product and engineering teams to share customer feedback and improve GitLab. Professional Services operates in a fully remote and largely asynchronous environment, collaborating across regions and time zones. The team’s challenge is to support customers with a wide range of architectures and deployment models while maintaining high-quality delivery and setting customers up for long-term success. ### 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. 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