Assured

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

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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
CI/CD pipelinesrelease engineeringautomated testingDockerKubernetesAWSTypeScriptversion controlbranching strategiesperformance optimization
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingmentoringleadershipproactive mindsetcontinuous improvementoperational excellence