Senior Release Engineer

Jobtailor; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Release Engineer to lead end-to-end release processes across web, mobile, and cloud platforms. You will coordinate across distributed teams, maintain release docs, and ensure compliance with security and operational standards.

You will partner with engineering, QA, and product teams to drive efficient deployments, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and manage complex release schedules for SaaS and mobile environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• Experience with SDLC and release management best practices.
• Proven ability to coordinate across distributed teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute software releases across website, mobile apps, backend services, data platform and cloud platforms.
• Track release activities, milestones and dependencies to ensure on-time delivery.
• Establish and maintain release records and audit-ready documentation for compliance and operations.
• Collaborate with engineering and QA to validate release readiness, quality gates, and rollback procedures.

Skills

Release Engineering

CI/CD Pipeline Management

Mobile App Release Management

Agile Methodologies

Documentation Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Harness

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

• Plan, coordinate, and execute software releases across website, mobile applications, backend services, data platform and cloud platforms.
• Track release activities, milestones, dependencies and action items to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.
• Establish and maintain release records and audit-ready documentation to support compliance, traceability and operational excellence.
• Partner with engineering and QA teams to validate release readiness, quality gates, test completion, security reviews, and rollback procedures.
• Manage release dependencies, risks, deployment communications, and stakeholder expectations across multiple teams and environments.
• Coordinate mobile application release activities, including App Store and Google Play submissions, release scheduling, compliance reviews, phased rollouts, production approvals, and post-release monitoring.
• Manage end-to-end app submission processes, ensuring releases meet Apple App Store and Google Play requirements, policies, and publishing timelines.
• Support and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment reliability, efficiency, and release velocity.
• Partner with DevOps and platform teams to automate release processes and reduce manual deployment activities.
• Monitor production deployments and coordinate issue triage, incident management, and rollback activities when necessary.
• Ensure releases meet security, compliance, performance, and operational readiness standards.
• Analyze release outcomes, track deployment metrics, and drive continuous improvements to release processes, tooling, and governance.
• Collaborate with Product and Program Management teams to align release cadence with business priorities and roadmap milestones.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on release engineering best practices across distributed engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Release Engineering, Release Management, DevOps, Software Delivery, or related technical roles.
Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and release management best practices.
• Experience managing releases in cloud-native, SaaS, mobile, or distributed software environments.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD platforms such as Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Experience with deployment automation, environment management, and release orchestration.
• Hands‑on experience managing mobile application releases and submissions to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
• Strong understanding of App Store Connect, Google Play Console, app review processes, provisioning profiles, signing certificates, release approvals, phased rollouts, and mobile deployment best practices.
• Strong documentation skills with experience creating and maintaining release notes, deployment plans, runbooks, change records and operational support documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate activities across globally distributed teams.
• Excellent verbal, written, and stakeholder communication skills.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Release Engineering and Management, with a strong focus on CI/CD processes, mobile application release management, and compliance with App Store and Google Play requirements. Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and optimize release processes for high-quality software delivery.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Release Engineering
• CI/CD Pipeline Management
• Mobile Application Release Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Documentation Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Release Management
• Deployment Automation
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Cloud‑Native Environments
• SaaS
• Release Orchestration
• App Store Connect
• Google Play Console
• Change Records
• Operational Support Documentation

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Ability to Manage Multiple Priorities

Industry Keywords

• Compliance
• Operational Excellence
• Quality Gates
• Incident Management
• Phased Rollouts

Tools & Technologies

• Harness
• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins