Release Manager - large-scale distributed system

Scope AT Limited; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Release Manager to oversee the Release Control process for Fixed Income and Commodities Technology. This role involves collaborating with business stakeholders and developer teams to ensure release stability and optimize the release process. You will spearhead a robust release process, validate testing results, and standardize observability practices. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a prestigious client in the heart of the city, where your contributions will directly impact production stability and overall project success. If you have a passion for technology and a strong background in release management, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in distributed systems and complex software design.
• Strong understanding of design patterns and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Spearheading a robust release process with auditing and documentation.
• Gatekeeping releases to maximize production stability.
• Validating regression and integration testing results.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Complex software design

High scalability and availability

Performance tuning

Monitoring and measuring

Automation

Building robust processes/pipelines

Understanding of design patterns

Data structures

Algorithms

Job description

Release Manager - responsible for supporting the Release Control process for Fixed Income and Commodities Technology.

Skills required:

1. 8+ years of hands-on experience in large-scale distributed systems, complex software design, high scalability and availability, optimization, observability.
2. Strong understanding of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
3. Proven skills in performance tuning, monitoring, and measuring.
4. Experience with automation and building robust processes/pipelines.

Working closely with business stakeholders and across developer teams within the Fixed Income, Commodities, Credit, Rates, and FX business to ensure release stability. Based in London.

Responsibilities include:

1. Spearheading a robust release process with proper auditing, testing, and documentation.
2. Gatekeeping releases and coordinating cross-team releases to maximize production stability.
3. Validating regression and integration testing results for staged releases.
4. Evaluating upcoming releases for upstream and downstream impact.
5. Tracking progress towards high-level goals and identifying and resolving blockers.
6. Working on high-level system design and flow.
7. Standardizing and enforcing cross-stack observability, including traces, metrics, alerts, and logging.
8. Iterating over the Release Control process to ensure maximum production stability and stakeholder buy-in.
9. Quality Assurance and supervising QA Engineers in building and maintaining regression and integration testing suites.
10. Reviewing test reports for staged releases.

Great opportunity with a prestigious City client. Please apply ASAP.