Senior Release Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Release Gating & Validation: Collaborate with the Release team to implement and enforce "shift-left" quality gates, ensuring that only stable, well-validated code reaches release branches.
• Cross-Functional Support: Partner with Autonomy, System Readiness & Performance, and Project Manager teams to streamline the integration of patches and bug fixes, acting as the primary point of contact for…
• Branching & Governance: Assist in executing the organization’s release strategy (e.g., maintaining clean branching models) to ensure release isolation and stability.
• Data-Driven Optimization: Contribute to the visibility of release metrics, identifying bottlenecks in the build process and proposing data-backed solutions to improve release team and developer velocity.
• Automation & Tooling: Write and maintain automation scripts to enforce release quality, minimize manual overhead, and manage build compatibility across diverse autonomy stacks.

Job requirements

• Engineering Foundation: BS or MS in Engineering or equivalent knowledge and work experience.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong proficiency in Git, Python; advanced experience with CI/CD infrastructure (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Domain Knowledge: Experience in the autonomous driving sector, robotics, or complex software release environments.
• Collaborative Problem-Solver: Demonstrated ability to work within a highly technical team, translate complex requirements into actionable code, and communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Operational Mindset: A focus on building maintainable, "production-ready" systems and a desire to improve engineering workflows rather than just patching issues.