
Staff Software Engineer – Release & Configuration
Assured
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $210,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build and evolve fully automated CI/CD pipelines for reliable, zero-downtime releases
- Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, QA, product, and SRE teams to ensure deployment readiness
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex release and environment issues, driving root-cause solutions
- Own the Release Candidate (RC) lifecycle, validating builds for quality, stability, and compliance
- Define and refine deployment, rollback, and verification processes to safeguard production
- Mentor and guide engineers on best practices for release management and automation
- Manage and maintain consistent environment configurations across dev, staging, and production
- Lead emergency and out-of-cycle deployments with confidence and precision
- Facilitate Go/No-Go reviews, balancing technical readiness and business priorities
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in release engineering, DevOps, or application deployment
- Proven expertise with GitLab CI/CD, Git, and automated testing integrations
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Deep familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure
- Strong understanding of TypeScript-based applications and modern deployment workflows
- Expertise in version control, branching strategies, and rollback planning
- Experience with observability tools and performance optimization
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary and equity packages for all employees
- Healthcare Plan: Platinum medical, dental, and vision
- Free life insurance: Including long-term disability & short-term disability
- Unlimited PTO: Uncapped vacation days & paid holidays
- Family Leave: Maternity & paternity
- 401(k) Contribution: Assured contributes 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute
- WFH Benefits: Lunch on us 2x/week, monthly phone stipend & other home office perks
- Health FSAs & HSAs: Pre-tax accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses
- Team events & Offsites: We're remote, but we regularly get together
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Hard Skills & Tools
CI/CD pipelinesrelease engineeringautomated testingDockerKubernetesAWSTypeScriptversion controlbranching strategiesperformance optimization
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingmentoringleadershipproactive mindsetcontinuous improvementoperational excellence