Release Manager

Zoox; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

Amazon RSUs

Job summary

Zoox is looking for a Release Management Lead in Foster City, California, to oversee the software release process for autonomous vehicles. You will work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to enhance release quality and efficiency.

The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience in managing complex software products and automation skills using Python. Zoox provides a comprehensive benefits package, emphasizing innovation in mobility solutions.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience working with large, complex products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in defining release readiness criteria before deployment.

Responsibilities

• Assemble cross-organizational project teams for releases.
• Track and analyze release blockers for resolution.
• Evaluate and improve existing change and release management processes.

Skills

Experience with large, complex products

Understanding of software version control systems

Excellent communication skills

Experience in defining release readiness criteria

Automation using Python or other programming languages

Tools

Git

CI build systems

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
• Track results of all required tests, analyze release blockers, and enable successful resolution
• Continuously evaluate the efficiency of existing processes and procedures of change and release management and improve practices
• Automation of existing manual release processes
• Change management, scoping, conduct release reviews, communicate status to all stakeholders, escalation as per the SLAs

Qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of experience working with large, complex products
• Understanding of software version control systems, extensive knowledge of git and command line
• Excellent communication (Written and Verbal) and organizational skills
• Experience in defining release readiness criteria, ensuring all changes meet criteria prior to deployment
• You had a manual & boring process and you automated it using Python or any other programming language & using AI tools

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with CI build systems and ability to triage failures
• Experience working on large process improvement and/or automation projects and programs
• Broad understanding of programming structure (makefiles, headers, code) and compilation process (compile, link) experience with multi-platform (Unix, Windows, etc.) build environments
• Fluency in any programming language and using AI tools like cursor, claude, co-pilot, chatGPT, etc.

$140,000 - $190,000 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 (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.

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.