Senior Release Manager

RiseMe; United States; Remote; USD 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Recognition program

Employee assistance program

Access to training

Job summary

CLEAResult is seeking a Senior Release Engineer to own the end-to-end release lifecycle across our product portfolio. You will connect engineering, QA, and operations to plan releases, harden CI/CD pipelines, enforce quality gates, and ensure deployments are predictable and low-risk.

Our stack includes .NET, React, and PHP, built and shipped via Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions with Selenium and Playwright tests. You will drive automation and AI-enhanced QA to streamline releases at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in release management, DevOps, or build/release engineering, with senior/lead experience.
• Hands-on with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of branching/versioning strategies across languages.
• Experience integrating automated testing (Selenium, Playwright) into pipelines.
• Familiar with deployment patterns and rollback strategies.

Responsibilities

• Own release planning and coordination across teams—define schedules, cut-off dates, freeze windows, go/no-go criteria.
• Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Manage branching/versioning and release strategies across PHP, .NET, React codebases.
• Define and enforce quality gates with Selenium and Playwright in pipelines.
• Coordinate deployments across dev, staging, production and own rollback procedures.
• Drive release readiness reviews and surface risks with clear sign-offs.
• Maintain release notes, logs, and audit trails for compliance and post-mortems.
• Partner with development, QA, security, and infra teams to improve cycle time and frequency.
• Establish and report on release metrics to drive process improvements.
• Champion release automation and self-service deployments.

Skills

Release management

DevOps

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Selenium

Playwright

.NET

React

PHP

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

At CLEAResult, we lead the transition to a sustainable, equitable, and carbon-neutral energy-efficient future for our communities and our planet. We do that by creating a people-first culture built on trust, accountability, and transparency; where every employee – regardless of position, role, or identity is treated with respect and given an equal chance to thrive.

Additionally, you will enjoy:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; we also offer a company-paid health care concierge service to help navigate our health plan to make the best decisions for you and yours
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation, sick, personal and parental leave time
• Paid Volunteer Time: giving back to our communities is important to us
• Employee Recognition Program – convert your recognition points into gift cards
• Employee Assistance Program – offers benefits to help you manage daily responsibilities
• Access to on-demand training courses to advance further in your career

Job Description

We're looking for a Senior Release Engineer to own the end-to-end release lifecycle across our product portfolio.

You'll be the connective tissue between engineering, QA, and operations—planning releases, hardening our CI/CD pipelines, enforcing quality gates, and making sure every deployment is predictable, traceable, and low-risk.

Our applications span .NET, React, and PHP built and shipped through Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, with automated quality coverage from Selenium and Playwright. You'll bring structure and reliability to how that all comes together at scale.

We are an AI-empowered workplace and our teams use AI tooling to accelerate everyday engineering work; you will be expected to lean into automation and AI to optimize releases and QA automation.

What you'll do

• Own release planning and coordination across multiple teams and services—defining release schedules, cut-off dates, freeze windows, and go/no-go criteria.

• Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions, including build, test, artifact, and deployment stages.

• Manage branching, versioning, and release strategies (e.g., trunk-based, release branches, semantic versioning) across PHP, .NET, and React codebases.

• Define and enforce quality gates, integrating Selenium and Playwright automated test suites into pipelines so failures block promotion.

• Coordinate deployments across environments (dev, staging, production) and own rollback and recovery procedures when releases go sideways.

• Drive release readiness reviews—tracking open work items in Azure DevOps Boards, surfacing risks, and ensuring sign-offs are in place.

• Maintain clear release notes, change logs, and a complete audit trail for compliance and post-mortem purposes.

• Partner with development, QA, security, and infrastructure teams to remove bottlenecks and continuously improve cycle time and deployment frequency.

• Establish and report on release metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR) and use them to drive process improvements.

• Champion release automation and a culture of repeatable, self-service deployments.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years in release management, DevOps, or build/release engineering, with at least 2+ in a senior or lead capacity.

• Hands-on expertise with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Boards, Artifacts) and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.

• Strong understanding of branching and versioning strategies and how to apply them across multiple languages and runtimes.

• Experience integrating automated testing—Selenium and Playwright—into release pipelines as enforced quality gates.

• Working familiarity with the application stacks you'll be shipping: .NET, React, PHP.

• Solid grasp of deployment patterns (blue/green, canary, rolling) and rollback strategies.

• Excellent cross-functional communication—comfortable running go/no-go calls and coordinating under pressure during a release or incident.

Nice to have

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Familiarity with Azure/AWS cloud platforms.

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep).

• Exposure to artifact/package management (NuGet, npm, Composer).

• Experience in a regulated or compliance-driven environment (SOC 2, ISO, etc.).

Target Compensation

$120,000 - $130,000 + Bonus

DOT Requirements

If applicable, meet all DOT qualification requirements and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local transportation regulations.

Compensation Range

$110,500.00 - $165,700.00

Currency

USD

Type

Salary

Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data/ranges, applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications (e.g. JD/technology), for example.

CLEAResult will not provide sponsorship or support for immigration status or work authorization including for international students. Applicants must be authorized to work in the country where the position is located without the need for employer sponsorship or support. Successful hires must pass pre-employment checks.

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant’s race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, status as a qualified individual with a disability or protected veteran, or any other protected status.

The above job description and job requirements are not intended to be all inclusive. CLEAResult retains the right to make changes or adjustments to job descriptions and/or requirements at any time without notice.

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