Release Engineer

Air Apps; Madrid; On-site; EUR 54,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem for work.

Annual Bonus

Top-tier Health and Life Insurance for

Transportation Budget to support your

Coverflex benefits package for meal

Childcare support.

Air Conference - an opportunity to

Pension Fund to support your long-term

Urban Sports Club membership to keep

Meals 100% free at the hub.

Job summary

Air Apps in Lisbon is seeking a Release Engineer to ensure a smooth, reliable release process. You will oversee versioning, build management, and deployment workflows while collaborating with development, QA, DevOps, and product teams to streamline releases.

The role is onsite at our Lisbon office with relocation support. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in release engineering, strong CI/CD experience, and a proactive mindset for automation and improvement.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in release engineering or DevOps.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Strong Git and branching (GitFlow, trunk-based).
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and cloud platforms.
• Scripting in Bash or Python.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize release pipelines for smooth deployments.
• Define versioning strategies across environments.
• Coordinate with Eng, QA, DevOps for timely releases.
• Automate build, release and deployment processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot release issues.
• Maintain documentation for workflows and rollback plans.
• Ensure security, performance, quality standards in releases.
• Work with CI/CD tools to manage automated releases.
• Implement feature flags for controlled rollouts.
• Analyze release performance and drive improvements.

Skills

Release engineering

CI/CD

Git workflows

Scripting

Agile

Collaboration

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

CircleCI

ArgoCD

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Xcode

Gradle

Webpack

Job description

About Air Apps

At Air Apps, we believe in thinking bigger—and moving faster. We’re a family-founded company on a mission to create the world’s first AI-powered Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner (PRP), and we need your passion and ambition to help us change how people plan, work, and live. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 2018—and now with offices in both Lisbon and San Francisco—we’ve remained self-funded while reaching over 100 million downloads worldwide.

About Air Apps

At Air Apps, we believe in thinking bigger—and moving faster. We’re a family-founded company on a mission to create the world’s first AI-powered Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner (PRP), and we need your passion and ambition to help us change how people plan, work, and live. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 2018—and now with offices in both Lisbon and San Francisco—we’ve remained self-funded while reaching over 100 million downloads worldwide.

The Role

As a Release Engineer at Air Apps, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, reliable, and efficient release process of our applications. You will oversee versioning, build management, and deployment workflows, ensuring that new features and updates are delivered seamlessly to users.
Your role will involve collaborating with development, QA, DevOps, and product teams to streamline and automate release cycles, reduce risks, and maintain high standards for software delivery.

• This is a fully onsite position, based at our office in Lisbon, where you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in person and contribute to a dynamic and fast-paced environment. We are open to support with relocation efforts.
  

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize release pipelines to ensure smooth deployment of software updates.
• Define and maintain versioning strategies, ensuring consistency across multiple environments.
• Coordinate with engineering, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure timely and stable releases.
• Automate and improve build, release, and deployment processes for efficiency and reliability.
• Monitor and troubleshoot release-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Maintain documentation for release workflows, rollback plans, and deployment strategies.
• Ensure compliance with security, performance, and quality standards in all releases.
• Work with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI) to manage automated releases.
• Implement and maintain feature flagging strategies to enable controlled rollouts.
• Analyze release performance and drive continuous improvements in deployment processes.

Requirements

• Around 3+ years of experience in release engineering, DevOps, or build/release management.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD).
• Strong understanding of version control systems (Git) and branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based development).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for automation.
• Familiarity with build systems for mobile and web applications (Xcode, Gradle, Webpack).
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to quickly resolve build or deployment issues.
• Understanding of release risk assessment and rollback strategies.
• Experience working in an agile development environment with fast-paced release cycles.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to coordinate across teams.

What benefits are we offering?

• Apple hardware ecosystem for work.
• Annual Bonus
• Top-tier Health and Life Insurance for peace of mind.
• Transportation Budget to support your commute needs.
• Coverflex benefits package for meal allowances, well-being, and more.
• Childcare support.
• Air Conference - an opportunity to meet the team, collaborate, and grow together.
• Pension Fund to support your long-term financial planning.
• Urban Sports Club membership to keep you active.
• Meals 100% free at the hub.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Air Apps, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We enthusiastically welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and believe that varied voices and experiences make us stronger.

Application Disclaimer

At Air Apps, we value transparency and integrity in our hiring process. Applicants must submit their own work without any AI-generated assistance. Any use of AI in application materials, assessments, or interviews will result in disqualification.

Important Notice

Air Apps does not partner with nor is represented by any recruiting agencies, staffing firms, or third-party recruiters in connection with our hiring efforts. All legitimate communication regarding Air Apps opportunities will come exclusively from an official @airapps.com email address. Additionally, all open positions are published only through our official careers platform, Ashby.

If you are contacted by anyone claiming to represent Air Apps from a different email domain, through a recruiting agency, or via a job posting source other than Ashby, please exercise caution. We do not accept unsolicited candidate submissions from agencies, and any such submissions will not be considered.

Compensation Range: €54K - €67K