Release Engineer

Oversee end-to-end release lifecycle for native mobile applications (iOS & Android) and supporting backend services.

• Act as a bridge between Product and Engineering teams, ensuring high-quality and reliable releases with clear communication.
• Plan, coordinate, and manage release calendars, aligning priorities and dependencies across cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, QA, Ops).
• Execute and supervise release processes including build, testing, deployment, and mobile app store submissions.
• Manage production feature flag implementation and monitoring throughout the release cycle.
• Monitor release health, respond to production incidents, and coordinate issue resolution and rollbacks as needed.
• Own and maintain release documentation, release notes, deployment records, and post-release summaries.
• Proactively communicate release progress, risks, and blockers to all stakeholders, translating technical updates for business audiences.
• Drive continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, release management processes, and automation to increase efficiency and quality.
• Analyze release KPIs to identify opportunities for process and tooling improvements.
• Ensure compliance with deployment checklists, runbooks, and best practices during all release activities.
• Support production releases that may occur outside regular business hours, requiring occasional schedule flexibility.
• Foster collaboration and alignment across multiple teams to deliver predictable, on-time, and efficient mobile application releases.

Expertise in mobile app release lifecycles (iOS & Android), CI/CD, and automation (Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions/CircleCI).

• Understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals and backend deployment pipelines.
• Strong stakeholder management, organization, and communication skills.
• Experience managing feature flags and troubleshooting release issues.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and during critical deployment windows.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum, consumer-facing applications, and monitoring/observability tools is a plus.

Success Measures:

• Consistent, on-time releases with minimal incidents and rollbacks.
• Improved release cycle efficiency and automation.
• High stakeholder satisfaction with release communication and delivery.