Senior Release Manager

ID83550

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

Why join us

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you! :)

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Release Manager to own the end-to-end release lifecycle across a Frontline product portfolio, acting as the central coordination point between Engineering, Product, QA, DevOps, and customer-facing teams. You will define and improve release governance, optimize branching and versioning strategies, manage release risks and dependencies, and drive improvements in deployment automation and CI/CD processes. The role requires 4+ years of release management experience in large-scale enterprise SaaS or cloud-native software environments.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end release lifecycle across Frontline products.

• Coordinate release planning, release candidates, production deployments, hotfixes, and emergency releases.

• Define and improve release management processes, standards, and governance.

• Optimize branching, merging, and versioning strategies.

• Partner closely with Team Leads, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure release readiness.

• Manage release risks, dependencies, and cross-team communication.

• Drive improvements in deployment automation, CI/CD processes, and release reliability.

• Maintain release documentation, deployment runbooks, and rollback procedures.

• Monitor release metrics and continuously improve release quality, predictability, and efficiency.

• Serve as the accountable owner of the Frontline release management function.

Must haves

• 4+ years of proven experience with large-scale enterprise software environments and multiple concurrent release streams as a Release Manager, Technical Program Manager, or similar role.

• Experience managing releases forSaaS, cloud-native, or enterprise software products.

• Solid knowledge ofGit workflows, branch management, and release versioning.

• Strong understanding of modern software development andAgile methodologies.

• Experience working closely withDevOps and Engineering teams.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on process optimization and operational excellence.

• Upper-intermediate English level.

Nice to haves

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.

• Experience supporting customer-facing production deployments.

The benefits of joining us

• Professional growth

Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps

• Competitive compensation

We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities

• A selection of exciting projects

Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands

• Flextime

Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office - whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.

Meet Our Recruitment Process

Asynchronous stage - An automated, self-paced track that helps us move faster and give you quicker feedback:

• Short online form to confirm basic requirements

• 30-60 minute skills assessment via Codility - a platform founded in Poland that helps us provide quicker feedback and streamline this stage of the process.

• 5-minute introduction video

Synchronous stage - Live interviews

• Technical interview with our engineering team (scheduled at your convenience)

• Final interview with your future teammates

If it's a match - you'll get an offer!