Senior Software Engineer - Release Manager

About the role

As a Release Manager, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of embedded truck software and cloud application releases across the Platform Applications and Mission Control department. You will work cross-functionally with development, testing, DevOps, and product teams to ensure releases are delivered on schedule, meet quality and compliance standards, and align with departmental objectives and business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate release planning and execution activities across Engineering, QA, DevOps, Product, Cybersecurity, and Operations teams to ensure the successful delivery of embedded truck software and cloud applications
• Manage release schedules, deployment timelines, and milestones
• Ensure release readiness through validation of testing results, compliance checks, documentation reviews, and stakeholder approvals
• Lead go/no-go decision meetings, release status reviews, and post-release retrospectives to drive accountability and continuous improvement
• Oversee production deployments, rollback strategies, and contingency planning to minimize operational risk and service disruption
• Identify, track, and mitigate release risks, cross-team dependencies, and change management impacts throughout the software delivery lifecycle
• Partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and release reliability
• Support process improvement initiatives focused on release governance, standardization, tooling optimization, and operational efficiency
• Manage multiple concurrent releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments while maintaining delivery quality and schedule alignment
• Maintain clear communication with stakeholders by providing release status updates, deployment metrics, risk assessments, and escalation management
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of release management best practices, policies, and operational procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of professional experience in Release Management, Program Management, or Software Delivery
• Strong understanding of modern software development methodologies, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices
• Experience coordinating complex software releases across cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with release and deployment tools such as Jenkins, Jira, GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, or similar platforms
• Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Experience managing multiple releases and environments simultaneously
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Strong problem-solving and risk management skills
• Experience facilitating release readiness reviews, deployment coordination, and post-mortem discussions

Preferred Skills

• Experience managing software releases within cloud-based environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment orchestration tools and practices
• Experience supporting enterprise SaaS platforms, embedded systems, or large-scale distributed application environments
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps methodologies, and release automation frameworks
• Understanding of change management, release governance, compliance, and operational risk management processes
• Ability to analyze release metrics, troubleshoot deployment issues, and coordinate cross-functional resolution efforts
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, organizational, and problem-solving skills in fast-paced technical environments
• Experience working within Agile, Scrum, or scaled Agile delivery models
• Scrum Master, PMP, Agile, or related project and release management certifications are considered a plus

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
• AD+D and Life Insurance

Pay

$160,800 - $193,000 USD