Software Engineer I/II – Release Engineering

Cubic Corporation; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Cubic Corporation is seeking a junior-to-mid-level software engineer to own and improve the release process for a distributed software platform in Ashburn, VA. You will coordinate platform releases, maintain documentation, and build automation to ensure reliable deployments across multiple components.

The role offers growth into end-to-end ownership with collaboration across product, quality, and platform teams, while contributing to secure, well-documented release processes and a strong focus

Qualifications

• 2–4 years professional software engineering or release engineering experience.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.
• Experience with Git, branching, tagging, pull requests, and structured versioning.
• Experience with CI/CD systems and automated build or deployment pipelines.
• Familiarity with containers and modern deployment environments.
• Ability to read and troubleshoot code in at least one modern programming language.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Fix defects and update dependencies to address security vulnerabilities.
• Plan and execute platform releases in coordination with the release schedule.
• Coordinate versioning and release readiness across repositories, services, and containers.
• Maintain release branches, tags, changelogs, release notes and docs.
• Build and improve CI/CD automation for builds, tests, packaging, publishing and deploying releases.
• Validate releases in representative environments before promotion.
• Track dependencies and component revisions for each release.
• Coordinate with engineers, product owners, quality teams, platform teams and stakeholders on scope and timing.
• Investigate failed builds, deployments and release-validation tests.
• Document issues, upgrade requirements, rollback procedures and operational considerations.
• Establish repeatable release checklists and readiness reporting.
• Identify manual steps and automate them where possible.
• Participate in post-release verification and address issues.

Skills

Git & versioning

CI/CD

Containers

Programming language

Release management

Cross-team coordination

Tools

Kubernetes

Deployment charts

Container registries

Job description

Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details: We are seeking a junior-to-mid-level software engineer to own and improve the release process for a distributed software platform, coordinating its releases with the broader product release cycle. The platform comprises a web-based control plane, runtime services, platform adapters, deployment charts, supporting components, and shared contract libraries. This engineer will work across those components to assemble, validate, document, and deliver reliable releases. This role is well suited to an engineer who enjoys automation, systems integration, and making complex release processes predictable. The successful candidate will initially execute releases with support from senior engineers and progressively assume end-to-end ownership.

Job Details

• Fix software defects and update dependencies to address security vulnerabilities.
• Plan and execute platform releases in coordination with the broader product release schedule.
• Coordinate versioning and release readiness across repositories, services, deployment charts, container images, and supporting components.
• Maintain release branches, tags, changelogs, release notes, and supporting documentation.
• Build and improve CI/CD automation for compiling, testing, packaging, publishing, and deploying releases.
• Validate releases in representative environments before promotion.
• Verify compatibility among control-plane services, runtime components, platform adapters, shared contracts, and supported integrations.
• Track dependencies and component revisions included in each release.
• Coordinate with engineers, product owners, quality teams, platform teams, and other stakeholders on release scope and timing.
• Investigate failed builds, deployments, and release-validation tests.
• Document known issues, upgrade requirements, rollback procedures, and operational considerations.
• Establish repeatable release checklists, quality gates, and readiness reporting.
• Identify manual release steps and incrementally replace them with safe automation.
• Participate in post-release verification and resolve or elevate release-related issues.

Required Qualifications

• Approximately 2 –4 years of professional software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or release engineering experience.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance
• Working knowledge of Git, branching, tagging, pull requests, and structured versioning.
• Experience with CI/CD systems and automated build or deployment pipelines.
• Familiarity with containers and modern deployment environments.
• Ability to read and troubleshoot code in at least one modern programming language.
• Comfort working across multiple repositories and tracking dependencies between components.
• Experience diagnosing build, test, configuration, or deployment failures.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.
• Ability to follow an established release process while identifying practical improvements.
• Willingness to coordinate work across multiple engineering teams and release schedules.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes, deployment charts, container registries, and image promotion.
• Familiarity with backend, frontend, or systems programming languages and frameworks.
• Experience maintaining release notes, upgrade documentation, or deployment runbooks.
• Familiarity with API contracts, service interfaces, and distributed systems.
• Experience with integration or end-to-end testing in containerized environments.
• Exposure to software supply-chain practices such as dependency scanning, artifact signing, SBOM generation, or vulnerability management.
• Experience supporting coordinated releases across related products or platforms.

Cubic Pay Range

Cubic Pay Range: $92,000.00 - $105,000.00 + benefits.

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type: Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law. Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks)
• Life insurance options
• Critical illness and accident coverages
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• A pre-paid legal plan
• Travel accident insurance
• An award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account
• Up to six weeks of paid parental leave
• A 401k Retirement Plan with a company match
• Backup childcare
• Pet care
• Pet insurance
• Virtual tutoring
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation
• Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement
• Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly
• 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year

With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer.

We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law.

For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!