Lead Release Engineer — App Delivery

Socket.dev; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team Member Vehicle Discount

Relocation assistance

Toyota 401(k) with company match

Health care & wellness plans

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Toyota’s Connected Experience Division seeks a Principal Engineer I, App Release Management to coordinate complex technology releases and ensure high-quality deployments across customer-facing applications. You’ll report to the Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, thriving in a fast-paced environment with North America, TMC, and global teams.

The role emphasizes release execution, risk management, and strong partnerships with product, engineering, and operations to deliver reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology field required and strong delivery background.
• 10+ years delivering software, managing releases, and leading programs across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with mobile/web/cloud/SaaS platforms and complex technology delivery.
• Proven end-to-end ownership of technology initiatives including planning, deployment, risk and issue management.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of application releases, ensuring successful deployments and post-release support.
• Partner with product, engineering, quality, operations, security, and business teams to align priorities and release objectives.
• Identify and mitigate release risks, manage dependencies, and coordinate defects and resolutions.
• Support mobile app certification, testing readiness, and app store / Google Play submissions.
• Apply Agile delivery practices to improve predictability and customer satisfaction.
• Develop release readiness assessments, production performance reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of release governance and delivery lifecycle.

Skills

Release management

Program management

SDLC knowledge

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Monday.com

Job description

Toyota’s Connected Experience Division seeks a Principal Engineer I, App Release Management to coordinate complex technology releases and ensure high-quality deployments across customer-facing applications. You’ll report to the Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, thriving in a fast-paced environment with North America, TMC, and global teams.

The role emphasizes release execution, risk management, and strong partnerships with product, engineering, and operations to deliver reliable