Senior Release Engineer

InvestCloud, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

InvestCloud is seeking a Senior Release Engineer to drive release orchestration, dependency management, and production readiness across multiple systems. You will influence delivery outcomes with significant autonomy, working across engineering and business teams without direct management duties.

The role requires strong CI/CD expertise, familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, and AWS, and flexibility to work US ET or PT hours.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in release engineering or a related domain.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize release orchestration across multiple systems.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations for aligned releases.
• Provide on-call support and enforce production readiness and best practices.
• Drive change management and continuous improvement in release processes.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Release automation

Change management

Communication

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

AWS

Job description

Job Description:

Position Overview

InvestCloud is looking for a Senior Release Engineer to join our team. In this high-impact, senior individual contributor role, you will be the driving force behind our release orchestration, dependency management, and production readiness across multiple systems and applications.

We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter with a passion for computing who can evaluate our current environment, define and optimize our release processes, and implement industry best practices. Operating with significant autonomy, you will influence delivery outcomes and drive alignment across multi-disciplinary engineering and business teams without direct people management responsibilities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Support

• Report to the Manager of Platform Operations while effectively interfacing with development, QA, and operations teams.
• Drive alignment and execution across cross-domain enterprise releases.
• Maintain best practices for technical operations and actively participate in team brainstorming sessions.
• Provide off-hours on-call support as needed by following an assigned on-call calendar.

Requirements & Qualifications

Core Competencies

• Autonomous & Reliable: Must be self-directed, self-sufficient, self-motivated, and capable of working with minimal oversight.
• Problem Solver: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, relentlessly prioritize, and quickly learn in dynamic environments.
• Growth Mindset: A strong desire to learn and build new skills every day, coupled with a \"no job too big, no job too small\" attitude and a commitment to high quality.
• Communication: Outstanding verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to build consensus across technical and business teams.

Technical Expertise

• 5+ Years of Experience into the same domain.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, release automation, change management, and software engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with modern release and orchestration tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar platforms.
• Working knowledge of AWS or comparable cloud infrastructure platforms.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and deployment methodologies.
• Flexibility to work an assigned US Eastern Time (ET) or Pacific Time (PT) shift.

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