Senior Release Manager

Summary

Join Addepar's Release Management team as a Senior Release Manager! You will collaborate with global teams to manage and enhance deployment processes, ensuring timely software and infrastructure releases across multiple product lines. Responsibilities include coordinating release activities, reporting on release health, overseeing Git management, and driving team-level projects through process improvement. The ideal candidate possesses several years of experience in a mid-to-large scale corporate environment with a strong background in application and infrastructure release management. Excellent communication, organizational, and coordination skills are essential. Experience in the financial market is a plus.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
• Several years of experience in a mid to large scale corporate environment or comparable experience with SDLC and SOC2 compliant deployments
• Experience of application and Infrastructure Release Management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding organisational and coordination skills
• Be a self-starter, resourceful, and capable of multitasking and decision-making
• Have the ability to work on an asynchronous team
• Have hands-on experience with version control software and branch management, such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc
• Experienced with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Skilled in AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker
• Proficient with scripting (Python, bash, etc.)
• Adept at tracking and reporting metrics

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Software, Infrastructure, and Release Engineers across different time zones globally to cultivate strong business relationships
• Coordinate and manage infrastructure and application releases for multiple projects globally
• Track and report on release statistics and areas of improvement
• Own cross-organisation communications
• Serve as an authority and drive team-level projects via streamlining and automating existing processes
• Participate in an on call rotation within the Release Management team

Preferred Qualifications

• Looker experience is a bonus
• Experience in the financial market is a plus