Release Management Lead

At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

Whether its driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality Epics production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

Epic Games is looking for a quality-focused Senior Release Manager to work closely with our producers programmers build programmers and QA teams to oversee the build and release process for the Fortnite this position you will work directly with the brightest technical minds in the business as we build the premier game engine for a multitude of platforms.

• Developing new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across our Game Dev ecosystem while managing a sub-team of release managers
• Owning the scheduling coordination quality control and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
• Acting as the liaison between multiple development teams coordinating and negotiating development plans exceptions sales/mktg/publishing content as well as releases
• Working with the publishing and development teams to determine release content plans as related to sales giveaways promotions etc. and shepherding that content through external party approvals for release
• Working closely with QA Build Programmers and Lead Programmers to monitor the automated build and integration process facilitate the resolution of build failures and understand and communicate the impact of branches and code merges
• Partnering with QA Leads to establish and maintain the bug triage process and prioritize must-fix issues coordinating internal and external release notes known issues and knowledge base updates and ensuring releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment while communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties

• Strong production/project management skills communication skills and people management/direct report experience
• Demonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement
• Experience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product
• Familiar with Perforce Jira Grafana AirTable
• Exposure to platform certification processes
• Technical orientation and a strong understanding of software development
• Knowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical dental vision critical illness telemedicine Life and AD&D long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer addition to the EAP (employee assistance program) we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors which include (but arent limited to) things such as skills and competencies qualifications knowledge and addition to base pay most employees are eligible to participate in Epics generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years weve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity interactive experiences for PC console mobile and VR it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment automotive and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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