Own and evolve the release process for key components of our platform, ensuring safe, high-quality, and on-time deployments to production
Automate release workflows wherever possible including validation, approvals, and rollouts to reduce manual effort and increase reliability
Implement observability and metrics in partnership with Infra and SRE, using tools like Datadog to monitor release health, stability, and deployment success
Develop and maintain playbooks, release calendars, and technical implementation plans, covering both application and infrastructure components
Plan and manage all release activities in coordination with Engineering, QA/QE, and Productivity teams across web, mobile, and desktop
Lead daily release reviews and Go/No-Go execution, including deployment plans, validation checklists, and readiness gates
Collaborate with engineering teams to assess deployment impact, automate dependency checks, and enforce best practices in CI/CD pipelines
Maintain release repositories and process automation, including feature flag governance, version tagging, and dependency tracking
Track and improve release metrics such as velocity, stability, and defect rates; build dashboards and alerting for continuous visibility and accountability
Drive production incident triage and post-mortem analysis, identifying opportunities for automation and process hardening to improve release reliability

Requirements

7+ years experience in release engineering and management
Strong understanding of the SDLC, including CD and release readiness
Expertise with CD pipelines based on Github Actions, Harness, Jenkins or similar
Hands-on experience with issue and project tracking techniques
Ability to coordinate cross-functionally across engineering teams and multiple time zones
Familiarity with agile methodologies, cloud-native micro-services, and DevOps best practices
Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or similar, for automation or release tooling experience with observability and dashboard tools like Grafana, Kibana, DataDog, or Tableau

Benefits

Equity
401k
Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
Spending accounts
Life & Disability
Paid parental leave
Flexible paid time off
Enhanced employee assistance program
Employee wellness stipend
Professional development stipend

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

release engineeringrelease managementCD pipelinesGitHub ActionsHarnessJenkinsscriptingPythonBashautomation

Soft Skills

coordinationcross-functional collaborationcommunicationleadershipproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingtime managementadaptabilityattention to detailprocess improvement