Release Manager

Zoox; California (MO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a Release Engineer to own the software release process across weekly, fortnightly, and monthly cycles for our autonomous vehicle software. You will coordinate with Development, QA, and vehicle operations to ensure safe, reliable releases and accelerate product delivery.

You will build automation, manage CI/CD pipelines, and track release readiness, working to remove blockers and improve testing strategies while communicating clearly with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years in release engineering for large software.
• Proficient with Git and CI/CD pipelines (Buildkite/Jenkins/Bamboo).
• Strong written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Programming experience in Python for automating release workflows.
• Adaptable to changes and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Development, QA, and vehicle operations to track milestones.
• Build shared tooling and practices to scale releases across Zoox.
• Track test results, analyze blockers, and drive resolution.
• Coordinate release readiness and secure cross-team approvals.
• Develop automation for release processes, including branching and workflows.

Skills

Release engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Python scripting

Communication

Organization

HIL testing

Simulation testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Buildkite

Jenkins

Bamboo

Job description

Autonomous vehicles have some of the largest, most complex software ever shipped in a safety-critical environment. Solving that problem is one of the most exciting technical challenges of our lifetime. As part of the Release Management team at Zoox, you will own all aspects of the software release process and help accelerate our product development by leading various weekly / fortnightly / monthly releases focused on ensuring we are shipping the safest and most reliable software possible.

As developers build new features, the release management team will be responsible for tracking and knowing the content of each release, updating testing strategies, measuring system performance, and escalating issues seen during on-vehicle and offline testing. These efforts are critical to maintaining our code quality and ensuring our service capabilities are operating as intended. You will coordinate with cross-divisional teams to accelerate releases, increase the quality of our autonomous driving products, and optimize resource efficiency. Your ability to understand the overall system design and component interaction to help guide test methodology for functional and safety sign-off is crucial to the overall success of the release team. Accountability and integrity are core to Zoox teams.

In this role, you will:

• Work with all stakeholders in Development, QA, and vehicle operations to assemble cross-organizational project teams, tracking progress and delivering towards release milestones
• Multiply the impact of release teams across Zoox by turning what works into shared tooling and practices, accelerating how quickly software reaches the fleet
• Track results of all required tests, analyze release blockers, and enable successful resolution
• Coordinate release readiness across integration, QA, and component teams, tracking readiness indicators and securing the approvals that confirm each release is production-ready including hands‑on experience enforcing SLAs for release blockers, and driving fast mitigation strategies.
• Build and scale automation that removes manual release work, from branch management and merge workflows to release visibility and metrics.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree with 3-5 years of experience in release engineering, build engineering, or release management for large, complex software products.
• Proficiency with Git, including branch management and conflict resolution and experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines (with tools such as Buildkite, Jenkins, or Bamboo)
• Excellent communication (Written and Verbal) and organizational skills
• Programming experience in Python or another scripting language, including automating release or build workflows.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to quickly adapt to changes

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with developing automated functional test software on Hardware-in-the-Loop infrastructure.
• Experience managing release pipelines that combine simulation regression testing with physical hardware.

$144,000 - $193,000 a year

Base Salary Range

There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.

• Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.

About Zoox

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.

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Accommodations

If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to [e-mail] or your assigned recruiter.

A Final Note:

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.