Release Manager

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 build and release processes for the Fortnite Ecosystem. You’ll collaborate with producers, engineers, QA, and publishing to ensure timely, high-quality releases across multiple platforms.

You will develop scalable release practices, manage certifications, and guide cross-team coordination while ensuring content aligns with sales and promotions. This role supports North American locations.

Qualifications

• Strong production/project management skills and people management experience.
• Ability to develop and improve processes at scale.
• Experience with build and release processes for software or games as a service.
• Familiar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana, Airtable.
• Exposure to platform certification processes.
• Technical orientation and understanding of software development.
• Knowledge of game development and live titles.

Responsibilities

• Develop new practices to scale release management across the Game Dev ecosystem.
• Own scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification across platforms/products.
• Coordinate development plans and releases between multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Define release content plans related to sales and promotions; shepherd through approvals.
• Collaborate with QA, Build Engineers, Lead Programmers to monitor builds and resolve failures.
• Work with QA Leads to manage bug triage and release notes and ensure approvals.

Skills

Production management

Project management

People management

Process improvement

Build/release

Perforce

Jira

Grafana

Airtable

Platform certification

Technical orientation

Game development

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 engineers, 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

• Develop 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
• Own the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
• Act as the liaison between multiple development teams, coordinating and negotiating development plans, exceptions, sales/mktg/publishing content, as well as releases
• Work with the publishing and development teams to determine release content plans as related to sales, giveaways, promotions, etc., and shepherd that content through external party approvals for release
• Work closely with QA, Build Engineers, 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
• Partner with QA Leads to establish and maintain the bug triage process and prioritize must-fix issues, coordinate internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates, and ensure 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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