Senior Release Engineer

Summary

Join Assured, a company modernizing the insurance industry, as a Senior Release Engineer. You will play a critical role in overseeing the entire software deployment process, automating deployments, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring seamless transitions to production. This role requires collaboration with various teams to optimize software delivery. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience with AWS, GitLab CI/CD, and TypeScript-based applications, along with a deep understanding of deployment workflows and release management. You will mentor engineers and contribute to the strategic direction of the deployment pipeline. Assured offers a competitive compensation package, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Experience in software deployment role for a fast growing product team
• Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD, including pipelines, runners, and automated testing integrations
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with AWS
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Experience deploying and managing TypeScript-based applications in production environments
• Deep understanding of release management processes, including version control, branching strategies, and rollback procedures
• 5+ years of experience in release management, application deployment, or DevOps-related roles
• Expertise with git
• Experience with observability tools

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage automated deployment pipelines
• Act as the primary point of contact for deployment readiness, working with product teams, developers, QA, and SRE teams
• Optimize system performance and ensure high availability
• Troubleshoot deployment issues and perform root cause analysis
• Mentor engineers on best deployment practices
• Own the Release Candidate (RC) process, ensuring that builds meet quality and stability criteria before promotion
• Oversee certification and validation in lower environments (e.g., dev, staging), ensuring deployments meet functional and non-functional requirements
• Coordinate and execute out-of-cycle or emergency deployments, ensuring rapid response to critical fixes and production issues
• Define and enforce deployment processes, rollback plans, and verification processes to ensure smooth releases
• Manage environment configurations, ensuring consistency across dev, staging, and production environments
• Facilitate Go/No-Go decisions based on technical and business readiness

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary and equity package!
• Comprehensive Health Care: Access to multiple medical plans with an HSA option and minimal out-of-pocket expenses. Certain plans covered 100%
• Dental Insurance: We protect those pearly whites
• Vision Insurance: Everyone can see clearly now at Assured
• Life Insurance: It's on the house! Provided at no cost to you
• Paid Time Off: Uncapped vacation days and paid holidays. Take that vacation!
• Family Leave: Maternity and paternity leave options
• Financial Wellness: 401(k) contribution with Assured contributing 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and dependent care FSAs for pre-tax flexible spending