Matt Nohr

AI Engineering Manager · GitLab

I'm an engineering manager at GitLab leading the AI Coding group, a collection of teams building AI-powered tools that help developers write, review, and ship better code. I care about building things that make developers genuinely more effective — not just faster, but better at the parts of the job that matter most. I'm drawn to work at the intersection of AI and developer experience, where the technical challenges are hard and the impact on how people work every day is tangible.

Currently

What I'm focused on right now:

Agentic Code Review: Bringing AI into the code review process to give developers faster, higher-quality feedback on their work.
Agentic Event Platform: Building the underlying systems that power and automate agentic workflows at scale.
Agentic Workflows: Creating new AI-driven workflows that help developers improve their code and repositories over time.

Work

2019 — Present

GitLab

Engineering Manager

I've spent my time at GitLab building and leading engineering teams across a range of product areas, most recently focused on AI. Today I lead the AI Coding group, where I manage multiple teams delivering AI-powered developer tools — a role I've grown into by leading teams across code review, developer tooling, integrations, and monitoring along the way.

[2012 — 2019]

SmartThings / Samsung

Engineering Manager, Staff Software Engineer

I joined SmartThings as one of its first employees, helping take the company from a Kickstarter campaign to a global IoT platform serving hundreds of thousands of customers. I started as a backend engineer and grew into an engineering manager, navigating the company through its acquisition by Samsung and the complexity that came with scaling inside a global organization.

Photography

Mostly astrophotography, sports photography, and travel.

Beyond Work

Community

YMCA Camp du Nord: Community advisory board member and committee lead, helping maintain and improve a beloved camp in northern Minnesota that has served families for generations.
Election Judge: Serve as an election judge in Minnesota, helping run safe and fair local elections.
Freemasons: Active member of a local lodge with a focus on charitable work, including fundraising for the Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Shriners Hospitals for Children, and local scholarships.

Pursuits

Curling: On the ice as often as the season allows
Chess: Mostly online, mostly losing gracefully