Customer Success Engineer - Japan

GitLab GitLab · Enterprise · Japan · Customer Success

Customer Success Engineer for GitLab's DevSecOps platform, focusing on helping customers achieve measurable value through technical guidance and enablement. This role involves partnering with customers to improve adoption, unblock implementations, and apply best practices across the software delivery lifecycle, leveraging deep technical expertise in DevSecOps and cloud technologies. The role also contributes to documentation and enablement content.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide on-demand technical consultancy and solution guidance through Zoom and written channels, helping customers solve day-to-day issues and design and implement GitLab solutions for their DevSecOps workflows.
  2. Drive product adoption and measurable customer value across APJ accounts to support renewals and expansion.
  3. Deliver technical and architectural guidance across source code management, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and Agile planning to unblock implementations and improve adoption.
  4. Partner with Account Executives and Renewals Managers to align technical recommendations to customer objectives and account plans that support retention and growth.
  5. Plan and lead customer workshops, demos, and enablement sessions that help teams adopt GitLab confidently and drive measurable adoption and value, supporting renewals and expansion across APJ.

Skills

Required

  • Experience providing technical consultancy and solution guidance through video calls and written channels, helping users or customers adopt technical solutions successfully.
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps workflows and related practices across areas such as source code management, CI/CD, security, and Agile planning, with the ability to grow breadth over time.
  • Hands-on technical background in software development, systems engineering, or similar technical environments, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly and work effectively with customers, account teams, and cross-functional partners.
  • Ability to lead or support workshops, demos, and enablement sessions that build confidence and drive adoption.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a remote, asynchronous environment while communicating status, risks, and next steps clearly.
  • Interest in supporting customers across APJ and adapting to different cultures, working styles, and technical maturity levels.

What the JD emphasized

  • ideal for a developer or systems engineer looking to transition into customer success