Release Engineer

Medallia; Buenos Aires; Presencial; ARS 2.100.000 - 3.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Medallia is seeking a world-class Release Engineer to design, drive, and own the delivery of Medallia Cloud Services platform and self-service products. You will treat the release pipeline as a product, building internal tooling to empower engineering teams to ship faster and more reliably.

You will coordinate releases across portfolios, focusing on automated deployment solutions to production on cadences from daily to quarterly, collaborating with Product Development, Test Engineering, SRE, and

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years in a software development or DevOps role.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices and release processes.
• Automation-focused with experience building deployment pipelines.
• Experience with Kubernetes deployments and monitoring.
• Proficient in Python or Java for tooling.

Responsabilidades

• Design, drive, and own release delivery for Medallia platform products.
• Coordinate and manage releases across portfolios with automation focus.
• Build internal tooling to accelerate shipping and reliability.
• Identify dependencies and automate deployment to production.
• Communicate status and blockers to executives and stakeholders.
• Improve CI/CD standards and reduce manual processes.

Conocimientos

CI/CD concepts

Automation mindset

Communication with stakeholders

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Python

Java

Kubernetes monitoring tools

Git

Jenkins

Jira

Descripción del empleo

Overview

The Engineering Operations team within Medallia Cloud Services is looking for a world-class Release Engineer to design, drive, and own the delivery of various Medallia platform and self-service products. You will not just be managing schedules; you will be treating our delivery pipeline as a product itself, building the internal tooling that empowers our engineering org to ship faster and more reliably.

The role includes the coordination and management of releases across various portfolios, but heavily indexes on helping product and project teams build automated solutions to deploy safely into production on a different cadences from daily to quarterly basis.

As the owner of the Release Management lifecycle, you will work collaboratively across the SDLC—partnering with Product Development, Test Engineering, SRE, and Managed Services. The ideal candidate is a former developer or automation fanatic who thrives in a high-growth environment. You are a strong leader who can communicate clearly to executive stakeholders, understand complex technical dependencies, and immediately spot opportunities to replace manual effort with code.

Responsibilities

• Work with Development engineers and leaders to understand impacts of branches and code merges.
• Manage risk and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.
• Support cross-functional teams by identifying technical dependencies and building automated solutions to mitigate them.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and communicate technical bottlenecks or release blockers.
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process through automation.
• Analyze and eliminate manual work or process gaps to optimize release efficiency.
• Work improving CI/CD standards that optimize the Medallia SDLC
• Utilize AI and programming skills (Python or Java) to build internal tools and automate manual processes to enhance release reliability and speed.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years experience in a software development role (e.g., Software Engineer, Test Engineer, QA Engineer).
• Understanding of CI/CD practices, including semantic versioning, quality gates, release processes, deployment automation
• Experience working in release/DevOps environments with a strong focus on automation.
• Proven ability to design and implement automated deployment pipelines.
• In-depth knowledge of monitoring Kubernetes tools for tracking purposes on deployments.
• Hands‑on experience in Python or Java for infrastructure tooling and script automation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid grasp of CI/CD methodologies, spanning automated deployments, quality gates, and versioning standards.
• Experience working with code management, continuous integration and tracking tooling (Git, Jenkins, Jira are desired).
• Experience communicating (written and verbal) with technical and non‑technical stakeholders across multiple organizations (including executive level).
• Proficiency in AI/Machine Learning as a strong asset for optimizing release workflows and predictive deployment health monitoring.
• Comfortable leveraging modern AI coding assistants to accelerate internal tool development.