Senior Release Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support reliable and repeatable deployments.
• Own and improve release automation processes for microservices running in AWS and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Partner with engineering teams to support Java, Node.js, and serverless (AWS Lambda) application builds and deployments.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering teams to support bi-weekly production releases and day-to-day patch deployments.
• Develop automation tools and scripts (Python/Bash) to improve release reliability and developer productivity.
• Work with DevOps and platform teams to support containerized applications and infrastructure automation.
• Support and troubleshoot build, deployment, and release pipeline issues across environments.
• Enable self-service deployment tooling for engineers while maintaining governance and quality controls.
• Manage and optimize Jenkins pipelines and CI/CD workflows.
• Collaborate with geographically distributed teams to coordinate releases and improve deployment practices.
• Track release metrics and continuously improve deployment performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for release infrastructure, tooling, and automation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or release engineering roles.
• 5+ years of experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience with Jenkins and pipeline-based CI/CD systems.
• Experience supporting and building Java and Node.js application pipelines.
• Experience deploying or supporting serverless applications using AWS Lambda.
• Strong scripting experience using Python and Bash.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD workflows, build pipelines, and release automation.
• Experience supporting containerized applications and microservices architectures.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a passion for automation and continuous improvement.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills when working with engineering and platform teams.

Preferred

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with GitHub Actions or GitHub Workflows.
• Experience with AWS services beyond Lambda (EKS, EC2, S3, etc.).
• Familiarity with release governance, compliance, and change management processes.
• Experience migrating applications from datacenter environments to AWS.
• Experience building developer self-service deployment platforms.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
• Experience working with REST APIs for CI/CD integrations (Jenkins, GitHub, Jira, Confluence).
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or similar tools to improve engineering productivity, automation, and troubleshooting

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS).
• Experience working with Git and modern source control workflows.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems and troubleshooting deployment issues.

Nice to Have

Tools & Technologies

Jenkins (Pipeline-based CI/CD)

• Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• Git / GitHub
• Python, Bash
• Linux
• Java build tooling (Maven/Gradle)
• Node.js build ecosystems (npm/yarn)

Terraform

• Docker / container tooling
• AWS Lambda
• Artifactory or Nexus
• Splunk

Datadog / Grafana

Jira / Confluence

AI-assisted engineering tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.)

Posted On: September 8, 2026

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