- Plan, coordinate, and execute software releases across website, mobile applications, backend services, data platform and cloud platforms.
- Track release activities, milestones, dependencies and action items to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.
- Establish and maintain release records and audit-ready documentation to support compliance, traceability and operational excellence.
- Partner with engineering and QA teams to validate release readiness, quality gates, test completion, security reviews, and rollback procedures.
- Manage release dependencies, risks, deployment communications, and stakeholder expectations across multiple teams and environments.
- Coordinate mobile application release activities, including App Store and Google Play submissions, release scheduling, compliance reviews, phased rollouts, production approvals, and post-release monitoring.
- Manage end-to-end app submission processes, ensuring releases meet Apple App Store and Google Play requirements, policies, and publishing timelines.
- Support and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment reliability, efficiency, and release velocity.
- Partner with DevOps and platform teams to automate release processes and reduce manual deployment activities.
- Monitor production deployments and coordinate issue triage, incident management, and rollback activities when necessary.
- Ensure releases meet security, compliance, performance, and operational readiness standards.
- Analyze release outcomes, track deployment metrics, and drive continuous improvements to release processes, tooling, and governance.
- Collaborate with Product and Program Management teams to align release cadence with business priorities and roadmap milestones.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance on release engineering best practices across distributed engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Release Engineering, Release Management, DevOps, Software Delivery, or related technical roles. Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and release management best practices.
- Experience managing releases in cloud-native, SaaS, mobile, or distributed software environments.
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD platforms such as Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Experience with deployment automation, environment management, and release orchestration.
- Hands‑on experience managing mobile application releases and submissions to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
- Strong understanding of App Store Connect, Google Play Console, app review processes, provisioning profiles, signing certificates, release approvals, phased rollouts, and mobile deployment best practices.
- Strong documentation skills with experience creating and maintaining release notes, deployment plans, runbooks, change records and operational support documentation.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate activities across globally distributed teams.
- Excellent verbal, written, and stakeholder communication skills.
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in Release Engineering and Management, with a strong focus on CI/CD processes, mobile application release management, and compliance with App Store and Google Play requirements. Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and optimize release processes for high-quality software delivery.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Release Engineering
- CI/CD Pipeline Management
- Mobile Application Release Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Documentation Skills
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Release Management
- Deployment Automation
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Cloud‑Native Environments
- SaaS
- Release Orchestration
- App Store Connect
- Google Play Console
- Change Records
- Operational Support Documentation
Soft Skills
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Ability to Manage Multiple Priorities
Industry Keywords
- Compliance
- Operational Excellence
- Quality Gates
- Incident Management
- Phased Rollouts
Tools & Technologies
- Harness
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins