Staff Release Engineer

Palo Alto, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 170 - 190

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Engineering

Job Summary

Assured is on a mission to modernize insurance. Claims processing (i.e. should we pay this claim) while often overlooked is the foundation of the entire industry. Its currently highly manual involving phone calls faxes and gut instinct costing tens of billions of dollars a year. We can do better.

At Assured we provide large insurers with the software solutions they need to win in a modern technology-driven world. From self-service claim-filing software to backend fraud detection were the engine that powers claims processing for some of the largest insurers in the world.

The challenges we face are deep and diverse from creating digital experiences that provide comfort and clarity to claimants at their most stressed and vulnerable to orchestrating large-scale ML-driven decision-making on billions of dollars of claims payments life at Assured is dynamic collaborative and rewarding.

Join us as a Staff Release Engineer and help shape the future of our software delivery. Youll be at the center of our deployment processautomating optimizing and ensuring every release runs flawlessly from development to production. This role blends hands-on technical depth with strategic impact empowering you to elevate release practices across teams.

What Youll Do

Build and evolve fully automated CI/CD pipelines for reliable zero-downtime releases

Collaborate cross-functionally with developers QA product and SRE teams to ensure deployment readiness

Troubleshoot and resolve complex release and environment issues driving root-cause solutions

Own the Release Candidate (RC) lifecycle validating builds for quality stability and compliance

Define and refine deployment rollback and verification processes to safeguard production

Mentor and guide engineers on best practices for release management and automation

Manage and maintain consistent environment configurations across dev staging and production

Lead emergency and out-of-cycle deployments with confidence and precision

Facilitate Go/No-Go reviews balancing technical readiness and business priorities

What You Bring

5 years of experience in release engineering DevOps or application deployment

Proven expertise with GitLab CI/CD Git and automated testing integrations

Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Deep familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure

Strong understanding of TypeScript-based applications and modern deployment workflows

Expertise in version control branching strategies and rollback planning

Experience with observability tools and performance optimization

Excellent communication collaboration and problem-solving skills

A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence

Benefits:

Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary and equity package!

Comprehensive Health Care: Access to multiple medical plans with an HSA option and minimal out-of-pocket expenses. Certain plans covered 100%.

Dental Insurance: We protect those pearly whites

Vision Insurance: Everyone can see clearly now at Assured

Life Insurance: Its on the house! Provided at no cost to you

Paid Time Off: Uncapped vacation days and paid holidays. Take that vacation!

Family Leave: Maternity and paternity leave options

Financial Wellness: 401(k) contribution with Assured contributing 3% of your income even if you dont contribute

Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and dependent care FSAs for pre-tax flexible spending

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Our Commitment:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Required Experience:

Staff IC