Release & Quality Engineer at Quindar

Quindar

Arvada (HQ)·15h ago

Mid LevelFull-timeJavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaRustAWSKubernetesCI/CDGit

Salary Range

$102,000 - $138,000 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are looking for a Release & Quality Engineer to join our team at Quindar, a company that builds modern, cloud-native satellite mission operations software. This role focuses on leading the release process and ensuring every deployment meets a high bar for quality, stability, and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

→Own and coordinate the software release process from validation through deployment
→Improve release standards, visibility, checklists, and overall quality discipline
→Lead regression and manual validation efforts across critical operational workflows
→Track and manage defects, ensuring issues are clearly documented, prioritized, and verified before release
→Monitor releases post-deployment and use observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus) to validate system health and catch regressions early
→Work closely with Platform and SRE to execute and continuously improve deployment processes
→Contribute to end-to-end test coverage for mission-critical user paths

Requirements

✓Strong experience in software QA and release engineering, or similar roles
✓Experience leading structured manual validation and regression testing
✓Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern git-based workflows
✓Experience working with cloud-based systems, preferably in AWS environments and with Kubernetes
✓Proficiency in Python; familiarity with Typescript/Javascript is a plus
✓Experience with defect tracking tools (e.g., ClickUp, Jira, Linear)
✓3+ years of experience in QA engineering, release engineering, DevOps, or related roles
✓Experience supporting complex production software systems
✓Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
✓Active U.S. Security Clearance preferred but not required