GitLab, the DevSecOps pioneer, has appointed Siva Padisetty as its Chief Technology Officer. The move comes as GitLab continues to grow its intelligent software platform. The change will occur on January 15, 2026. Upon his new appointment, Padisetty will be in charge of the technical vision of GitLab. Moreover, he shall be in charge of the software engineering, operations, as well as support teams. Additionally, he shall manage the product development, as well as its delivery, within the extensive portfolio of the company. Sabrina Farmer, who was leaving GitLab, shall act as an advisor until January 31.
“We are thrilled to welcome Siva to GitLab,” said Bill Staples, GitLab chief executive officer. “Siva is the engineer’s CTO. He’s spent his career building and scaling some of the most critical infrastructure platforms in the industry. Including systems that manage millions of instances and foundational tools that enterprises rely on every day. That experience will be invaluable as we continue building GitLab into a generational company. Delivering on our vision of intelligent orchestration for DevSecOps.”
“Siva brings deep technical expertise. A track record of building platforms at scale,” said Sid Sijbrandij, GitLab co-founder and executive board chair. “He’s built systems that developers actually want to use while meeting the demands of enterprise customers. He’s done it at a billion-dollar scale. The board looks forward to working with him as GitLab enters its next phase of growth.”
Padisetty Brings Decades of Engineering Expertise
Padisetty also brings over 20 years of experience developing distributed systems for large tech companies. Prior to joining GitLab, he was CTO at New Relic. At New Relic, he refactored existing applications into highly scalable cloud-based solutions. Contributed to increasing the company to over $1 billion in annual revenue. Other experiences include senior roles at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. GitLab CEO Bill Staples emphasized Padisetty’s strong engineering expertise & clear vision for driving innovation and advancing modern software delivery practices. Today, the company supports over 50 million users and half of the Fortune 100 organizations through its end-to-end DevSecOps solution.
“The real opportunity with AI isn’t just faster code. It’s a smarter software development lifecycle. GitLab’s end-to-end platform makes that possible,” said Siva Padisetty, GitLab chief technology officer. Throughout my career, I’ve focused on building systems that improve the developer experience while helping them maintain security. Reliability is needed to ship software at scale. GitLab is uniquely positioned to help enterprises navigate this shift, and I’m excited to be part of it.”
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Source: Businesswire
