Mobile App Release Engineer

At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Mobile App Release Engineer to own and continuously improve the release lifecycle for our iOS and Android applications. This role is responsible for ensuring reliable, secure, and predictable mobile application releases through automation, CI/CD pipeline management, release coordination, and close collaboration with engineering, QA, product, and operations teams. The ideal candidate has experience managing enterprise mobile releases, automating build and deployment processes, maintaining App Store and Google Play deployments, and improving release quality through scalable engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end release process for iOS and Android applications for programs
• Coordinate release schedules across multiple engineering teams
• Manage production, beta, and internal testing releases
• Execute emergency hotfix and patch releases when required
• Ensure release readiness through established quality gates
• Build and maintain mobile CI/CD pipelines
• Automate build, testing, signing, packaging, and deployment workflows
• Improve release speed while maintaining reliability and security
• Reduce manual deployment activities through scripting and automation
• Submit and publish applications to Apple App Store and Google Play
• Manage phased rollouts, staged deployments, and release approvals
• Coordinate app metadata updates and versioning
• Monitor store review status and deployment issues
• Monitor release metrics and post-release health
• Support rollback and recovery procedures
• Partner with engineering, product management, test, DQE, security, and support teams
• Participate in release planning meetings
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintain release documentation and runbooks
• Document deployment procedures and rollback strategies
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and governance requirements
• Maintain release audit trails and change records

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering or release engineering experience
• 3+ years supporting mobile application releases
• Experience with:
  • iOS and Android release processes
  • CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Bitrise, CircleCI, or similar)
  • Fastlane
  • Git version control
  • App Store Connect
  • Google Play Console
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Strong understanding of mobile application lifecycle management
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• Mobile observability and monitoring tools
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale mobile applications
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies

Skills

• Release planning and execution
• Automation mindset
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Process improvement
• Time management
• Incident response
• Continuous improvement

Success Metrics

• Build success rate
• CI/CD pipeline reliability
• Reduction in manual deployment effort
• Release cycle time
• Production incident reduction

Nice-to-Have

• Certifications:
  • AWS Certified Developer or DevOps Engineer
  • Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Benefits

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Incentive plans (Short Term Incentive - STI)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements)

Pay

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): $71,000.00 - $121,000.00. For roles located in California, Seattle WA, Washington DC, Boston MA, and New York City, the salary range is $79,000.00 - $135,000.00 USD. Actual compensation may vary based on factors including experience, education, certifications, skills, market conditions, internal equity, and geographic location.