Mobile Release Engineer – iOS/Android & Backend

EUROPEAN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

EUROPEAN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED is seeking an experienced Release Engineer to manage the end-to-end release lifecycle for iOS, Android, and backend services. You will coordinate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Ops to ensure timely, high-quality deployments and clear stakeholder communication.

The role requires strong CI/CD experience, familiarity with App Store/Play submissions, and robust incident support during production releases. Flexibility for extended release windows is expected.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proactive stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of mobile application release lifecycles for iOS and Android.
• Hands-on experience with mobile CI/CD and release automation.
• Experience with Git, GitHub workflows, GitHub Actions and/or CircleCI.
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes, containerised applications, and deployment concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage our release calendar across iOS, Android, and backend platforms.
• Coordinate release scope with Product Managers, Engineering Leads, QA, and Ops.
• Ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and dependencies across teams.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews and go/no-go decisions.
• Oversee end-to-end release execution, including build, testing, and deployment phases.
• Coordinate mobile app submissions for the App Store and Google Play.
• Manage backend release deployments, ensuring compatibility with mobile versions.
• Ensure versioning, tagging, and branching strategies are followed consistently.
• Execute and coordinate production releases for mobile applications and supporting backend services.
• Manage release schedules and deployment activities across multiple environments.
• Own production feature flag management, including planning, enabling, disabling, validating, and monitoring feature flags throughout the release lifecycle.
• Support production incidents related to deployments, feature flags, and release activities, coordinating with engineering teams to restore service where required.
• Monitor release health and coordinate issue resolution with engineering teams.
• Ensure deployment checklists and release runbooks are followed.
• Support production rollbacks when required.
• Act as the central point of communication for all release-related activities.
• Proactively communicate release progress, risks, blockers, deployment status, and production issues to engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure all release activities are clearly documented and communicated before, during, and after deployments.
• Translate technical updates into concise, business-friendly communication where appropriate.
• Maintain release documentation, release notes, deployment records, and post-release summaries.
• Identify, track and mitigate release risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate resolution of blocking issues and incidents during release cycles.
• Lead rollback planning and execution where required.
• Drive continuous improvement of release management processes and tooling.
• Implement and maintain best practices for CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Partner with QA to ensure robust testing and release quality gates.
• Analyse release KPIs such as deployment frequency, lead time, release success rate, and rollback incidents to drive continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive release tasks and improve deployment efficiency.

Skills

Release engineering

CI/CD

Mobile apps

Git workflows

Stakeholder management

Release automation

Problem solving

Tools

Git

GitHub

CircleCI

Kubernetes

Sentry

ELK

Job description

EUROPEAN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED is seeking an experienced Release Engineer to manage the end-to-end release lifecycle for iOS, Android, and backend services. You will coordinate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Ops to ensure timely, high-quality deployments and clear stakeholder communication.

The role requires strong CI/CD experience, familiarity with App Store/Play submissions, and robust incident support during production releases. Flexibility for extended release windows is expected.