Release Engineer – CI/CD, Deployments & Rollouts

Air Apps; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware

Annual Bonus

Medical insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Air Conference

Transportation budget

Free meals

Gym membership

Job summary

Air Apps in San Francisco is seeking a Release Engineer to own the smooth, reliable release process of our AI-powered PRP applications. You will oversee versioning, build management, and deployment workflows, collaborating with development, QA, DevOps, and product teams to ship features efficiently.

The role emphasizes hands-on automation, strong problem solving, and a mindset for continuous improvement within an agile environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in release engineering, DevOps, or build/release management.
• Experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD.
• Strong Git with branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell for automation.
• Familiarity with mobile/web build systems (Xcode, Gradle, Webpack).
• Strong troubleshooting and release risk assessment abilities.
• Experience in agile development with fast-paced releases.
• Excellent collaboration and cross-team communication.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Release engineering

CI/CD tools

Git & branching

Docker & Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

Mobile/web build systems

Troubleshooting

Agile development

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

CircleCI

ArgoCD

Job description

Air Apps in San Francisco is seeking a Release Engineer to own the smooth, reliable release process of our AI-powered PRP applications. You will oversee versioning, build management, and deployment workflows, collaborating with development, QA, DevOps, and product teams to ship features efficiently.

The role emphasizes hands-on automation, strong problem solving, and a mindset for continuous improvement within an agile environment.