Principal Release Engineer

As a Principal Software Release Engineer you will define own and continuously improve the end-to-end release lifecycle for software delivered across cloud-service and storage-platform environments. You will coordinate release planning build generation readiness validation change approvals deployment execution status reporting and post-release follow-through while progressively replacing manual handoffs with reliable automation and clear engineering controls.

Own the end-to-end software release lifecycle from release intake and planning through build validation approval deployment verification and closure.
Plan and coordinate concurrent releases across development test staging and production environments maintaining clear schedules dependencies milestones owners and decision points.
Design maintain and improve CI/CD and release automation that reduces manual steps accelerates delivery and provides repeatable auditable outcomes.
Partner with development and quality teams to confirm required test coverage regression results performance validation and environment readiness; escalate gaps that could compromise release quality.
Lead response to build or deployment failures by rapidly coordinating triage clarifying ownership documenting the failure path and ensuring the correct new release hotfix retry rollback or recovery workflow is initiated.
Conduct post-release reviews and convert lessons learned into improved tooling templates quality gates automation and release policy.
Mentor engineers and release participants on release processes tools quality expectations change controls and failure-recovery practices.

Job Requirements

12 years of software engineering DevOps build and release engineering site reliability engineering or production engineering experience including technical leadership for complex business-critical software releases.
Demonstrated experience managing the full release lifecycle for production software or cloud services across multiple environments and teams.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems build automation source control branching and versioning strategies artifact management and deployment pipelines.
Proficiency in one or more scripting or programming languages such as Python PowerShell Bash Go or similar languages used for release automation.
Experience with Azure DevOps Git Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions or comparable build release and work-tracking platforms.
Ability to analyze release risks using defect data test evidence dependencies configuration changes and operational impact rather than relying only on schedule readiness.
Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to isolate build pipeline configuration environment and deployment issues under time pressure.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including concise executive status detailed technical handoffs and decision-focused escalation.
High attention to detail disciplined follow-through and the ability to manage multiple releases and priorities without losing traceability or control.

IC - Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related & Exec - Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience.