GitLab

The World's Largest All-Remote Company — Leading DevSecOps Platform

The world's largest all-remote company and the leading DevSecOps platform. Open-core model with a public handbook and radical transparency.

2011
Founded
All-Remote
0 Offices
~2,500
Employees
NYSE: GTLB
Public Company
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Culture Overview

What it's really like to work at GitLab

Founded in 2011 by Sid Sijbrandij and Dmitriy Zaporozhets, GitLab pioneered the all-remote company model long before the pandemic. With ~2,500 team members in 65+ countries and zero offices, GitLab's culture is defined by radical transparency (their entire company handbook is public), async-first communication, and a genuine commitment to work-life balance. The open-core model means the product itself reflects the company's values of openness and collaboration.

Glassdoor Ratings

GitLab Glassdoor Ratings & Employee Reviews

3.9
Overall Glassdoor Score
Based on 700+ reviews
Culture & Values 3.6
Work-Life Balance 3.9
Compensation & Benefits 3.7
Career Opportunities 3.4
Senior Management 3.3
Overall Rating 3.9
70% Recommend to a Friend
~66% CEO Approval
Employee Review Themes

Working at GitLab: Pros & Cons

What employees love

  • Best-in-class all-remote culture — async-first with real flexibility for parents and global workers
  • Radically transparent — public handbook, open compensation calculator, open processes
  • Core product is open-source with a massive developer community
  • Great work-life balance for a public tech company — flexibility is genuine, not performative

What could be better

  • Revenue org can feel chaotic — quota changes and restructuring have impacted morale
  • Some C-suite leadership turnover and instability in recent years
  • Career growth opportunities rated lower at 3.4/5 — limited advancement paths
  • Company culture scores have declined ~5% over the past year
Engineering Culture

How the engineering team works

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails Go Vue.js PostgreSQL

Product

GitLab — the complete DevSecOps platform. Plan, build, secure, and deploy software from a single application. Used by 30M+ developers.

Open Source

GitLab CE is open-source. The company handbook with 2,000+ pages is public. Contributions welcome from the community. View Handbook →

Team Structure

All-remote across 65+ countries. Async-first with minimal meetings. Engineers organized into product groups with clear DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) ownership.

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