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LeadFull-timePythonKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitGoAI
Salary Range
$153,000 - $207,000 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Staff Release Engineer to join our innovative team at Ridgeline. This role focuses on owning and evolving the systems, tools, and processes that underpin our software delivery lifecycle. Your work will drive efficiency, reliability, and visibility across engineering, making you a force multiplier for product delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- →Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD systems to enable scalable, repeatable, and safe delivery
- →Establish and enforce release standards such as artifact validation, test coverage thresholds, and dependency checks
- →Collaborate with SRE and Infrastructure teams to create automated and consistent release workflows
- →Implement observability and rollback capabilities to improve release visibility and safety
- →Develop systems to prevent risky changes and support faster mean time to recovery
- →Create self-service tools that empower developers and reduce deployment friction
- →Define and report on release metrics that drive transparency and continuous improvement
- →Champion a product mindset for internal tools by deeply understanding the needs of developer teams
Requirements
- ✓4+ years in Release Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering roles
- ✓Expertise with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or Spinnaker
- ✓Strong scripting or coding skills (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) and IaC experience with tools like Terraform or Helm
- ✓Deep understanding of release strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling) and artifact/versioning systems
- ✓Passion for automation, testing, and scalable system design
- ✓Experience with Kubernetes and modern cloud-native infrastructure
- ✓Familiarity with observability tools and release health metrics
- ✓Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- ✓Serious interest in having fun at work
Benefits
- ★Unlimited vacation
- ★Educational and wellness reimbursements
- ★Employee insurance plans
- ★Company Stock Plan
