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ZooxZooxFoster City, CA

Release Engineer

Own end-to-end releases for vehicle software components while coordinating cross-functional readiness and building automation for branch management, CI/CD, visibility, and deployment. The role requires 3–5 years of release or build engineering experience, Git and scripting expertise, and a bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent experience.

140k – 190k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end release process for a portfolio of vehicle software components, from branch cut through validation, hotfixes, and deployment to production.
  • Coordinate release readiness across integration, QA, and component teams, tracking readiness indicators and securing approvals for production-ready releases.
  • Build and scale automation that removes manual release work, including branch management, merge workflows, release visibility, and metrics.
  • Partner with component teams and downstream build consumers to turn their needs into process improvements.
  • Turn effective release practices into shared tooling and processes across the organization.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in release engineering, build engineering, or release management for large, complex software products.
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency with Git, including branch management and conflict resolution.
  • Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Buildkite, Jenkins, or Bamboo.
  • Programming experience in Python or another scripting language, including automation of release or build workflows.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to adapt quickly to changes.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with Bazel.
  • Experience releasing embedded, firmware, or safety-critical software.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.

Skills

GitCI/CDbuildkiteJenkinsbambooPythonBazelAWSAzurerelease automation

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