Senior Release Engineer - Kafka & Production (Remote)

StartupEdge Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Remote; USD 155,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement matching

Coaching for senior goals

Job summary

StartupEdge is seeking a senior Release Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to optimize deployment workflows and ensure reliable production after changes. You will work with a team that values pragmatic problem solving and clear communication.

Proficiency with Kafka, Linux-based deployments, and incident response is required. The role offers a salary range of $155,000–$227,000 with remote flexibility and coaching for senior goals.

Qualifications

• A bias toward asking questions to avoid expensive mistakes.
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Track record that proves you can problem-solving ship under deadline pressure.
• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard.

Responsibilities

• Decide when to buy Stakeholder Management versus build it for StartupEdge's Santa Clara, CA stack.
• Ship Stakeholder Management fixes to StartupEdge customers in Santa Clara, CA the same day they report them.
• Cut Public Speaking cold-start times so StartupEdge functions wake before CA users notice.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Santa Clara, CA production without dropping the baton.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Linux-based applications.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Learning agility

Team player

Tools

Kafka

Linux

Job description

StartupEdge is seeking a senior Release Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to optimize deployment workflows and ensure reliable production after changes. You will work with a team that values pragmatic problem solving and clear communication.

Proficiency with Kafka, Linux-based deployments, and incident response is required. The role offers a salary range of $155,000–$227,000 with remote flexibility and coaching for senior goals.