Technical Release Specialist

Edinburgh - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Position

Our roster has an opening with your name on it

Across FanDuel we perform tens of thousands of production changes each year. We are looking for aTechnical Release Specialistfor the Release Management team operating globally across the FanDuel primary role will be to operate the day-to-day tasks for the release management team and support the release management process for one of our large engineering groups ensuring we meet our regulatory requirements minimize lead time for change and maximize deployment frequency while ensuring high quality and governance standards.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills and the ability to coordinate both to technical and non-technical teams. This role requires a strong ability to find creative solutions to challenging problems excellent communication skills ability to easily navigate ambiguity and define a path forward. You must know how to influence and motivate others to get the right things done.

What Were Looking For

Everyone on our team has a part to play

Operate the release management process for our engineering groups managing the deployment of change through environments all the way to production.
Provide day-to-day support for release management inquiries and requests.
Work with regulatory testing bodies to support their validation of new release candidates.
Operate release management processes within your product vertical.
Plan manage and coordinate the implementation of changes across multiple production environments whilst managing stakeholder expectations.
Coordinate scope of change release details and documentation generation.
Manage approval status across compliance regulatory change management and engineering.
Ensure engineering teams prioritize and resolve any test environments issues in stability/reliability.
Liaise with Change Management onteamsadherence to change control processes.
Produce regulator and audit reports.
Train and educate engineers and stakeholders on release management.
Deliver accurate and timely insight reporting in-line with key release related metrics to stakeholders.

Other requirements...

Experience managing the delivery of application change in an agile environment.
Experience of planning scheduling implementing releases in a demanding fast-paced environment requiring a high degree of deadline-driven productivity.
Experience owning cross functional initiatives defining and executing against program requirements.
Strong program management and analytical skills be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and have the ability to effectively influence and communicate with global stakeholders.
Proven ability to think and move quickly managing difficult trade-offs to meet deadlines.
Some understanding of distributed systems architecture cloud infrastructure and ability to coordinate inter-dependencies.
Understanding of source control management e.g. GitHub.
Some knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools and configuration management e.g. Chef Puppet Ansible.
Experience with working with JIRA and Confluence
Experience working with regulated products
Understanding of Agile practices

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: Americas #1 Sportsbook FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform FanDuel Casino; the industrys unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.

In addition FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states Canada and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles Atlanta and Jersey City as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The companys affiliates have offices worldwide including in Ireland Portugal Romania and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment the worlds largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

Player Benefits
We treat our team right

From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies were committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team you can expect:

An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
Career and professional development resources to help you refine your game plan for owning and driving your career and development
Be well save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another

Diversity Equity and Inclusion

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We dont tolerate bias judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please email.

The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines not hard and fast rules. You dont have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise wed love to speak to you!

Required Experience:

The PositionOur roster has an opening with your name on itAcross FanDuel we perform tens of thousands of production changes each year. We are looking for aTechnical Release Specialistfor the Release Management team operating globally across the FanDuel primary role will be to operate the day-to-day...