Release Management Lead

Epic Games; California (MO); On-site; USD 126,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Release Manager to oversee the build and release process for the Fortnite Ecosystem, collaborating with producers, programmers, build programmers, and QA teams to deliver world-class engine and game experiences.

You will develop scalable release practices, own scheduling and certifications across platforms, and coordinate with publishing, QA, and development teams to ensure content meets approvals and ships on time.

Qualifications

• Strong production and project management skills.
• Experience with build and release processes for software or games.
• Familiarity with Perforce, Jira, Grafana, and AirTable.
• Technical orientation and understanding of game development.

Responsibilities

• Develop new release management practices to scale processes.
• Own scheduling, coordination, quality control, and certifications across platforms.
• Coordinate plans between development teams and publishing, marketing, and content.
• Collaborate with QA and build programmers to monitor builds and resolve failures.
• Maintain bug triage and release notes with cross-team communications.

Skills

Production/project management

Communication

People management

Perforce

Jira

Grafana

AirTable

Platform certification processes

Technical orientation

Software development understanding

Tools

Perforce

Jira

Grafana

AirTable

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic's success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it's building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we're always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We're constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

PRODUCTION

What We Do

Whether it's driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic's production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a quality-focused Senior Release Manager to work closely with our producers, programmers, build programmers, and QA teams to oversee the build and release process for the Fortnite Ecosystem. In this position, you will work directly with the brightest technical minds in the business as we build the premier game engine for a multitude of platforms.

In this role, you will

• Developing new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across our Game Dev ecosystem, while managing a sub-team of release managers
• Owning the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
• Acting as the liaison between multiple development teams, coordinating and negotiating development plans, exceptions, sales/mktg/publishing content, as well as releases
• Working with the publishing and development teams to determine release content plans as related to sales, giveaways, promotions, etc., and shepherding that content through external party approvals for release
• Working closely with QA, Build Programmers, and Lead Programmers to monitor the automated build and integration process, facilitate the resolution of build failures, and understand and communicate the impact of branches and code merges
• Partnering with QA Leads to establish and maintain the bug triage process and prioritize must-fix issues, coordinating internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates, and ensuring releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment, while communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties

What we're looking for

• Strong production/project management skills, communication skills, and people management/direct report experience
• Demonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement
• Experience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product
• Familiar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana, AirTable
• Exposure to platform certification processes
• Technical orientation and a strong understanding of software development
• Knowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

California Base Pay Range$126,429—$185,429 USD

Washington Base Pay Range$114,935—$168,572 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

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