Release Engineer

Job Title:

Release Engineer

Location:

Remote – USA

Job Type:

Full-Time

Experience:

3–7 Years

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled

Release Engineer

to manage and automate software release processes across development, testing, staging, and production environments. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, release automation, version control, cloud platforms, deployment processes, and production change management.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute software releases across multiple environments.
• Build and maintain

CI/CD pipelines

for automated application deployment.

• Automate build, deployment, release, and rollback processes.
• Manage release schedules, versioning, branching strategies, and deployment dependencies.
• Coordinate with Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, and Product teams.
• Ensure releases meet quality, security, and operational requirements.
• Monitor deployments and troubleshoot release or deployment failures.
• Implement automated rollback and recovery procedures.
• Manage release artifacts and configuration across environments.
• Maintain release documentation, deployment procedures, and change records.
• Support production deployments and post-release validation.
• Identify opportunities to improve release frequency, reliability, and efficiency.
• Implement appropriate release controls and approval processes.
• Participate in incident resolution related to deployment and release activities.
• Support continuous improvement of

DevOps and Release Management

practices.

Required Skills

• 3–7 years of experience in

Release Engineering, DevOps, Build Engineering, or Deployment Engineering

.

• Strong experience with

CI/CD tools

such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.

• Strong knowledge of

Git, branching, merging, tagging, and version control

.

• Experience with build and deployment automation.
• Hands-on experience with

Linux/Unix environments

.

• Scripting experience using

Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar

.

• Experience deploying applications across Dev, QA, UAT, staging, and production environments.
• Understanding of release management, change management, and configuration management.
• Experience with application monitoring and deployment troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps methodologies.