Release Management Engineer, Mobile

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end release process for Phantom’s iOS and Android applications.
• Manage release schedules, release branches, versioning, build promotion, and app store submissions.
• Coordinate release readiness across engineering, QA, product, and other stakeholders.
• Lead go/no-go decisions and ensure risks, blockers, and outstanding issues are clearly communicated.
• Manage TestFlight, App Store Connect, Google Play Console, and staged or phased rollouts.
• Coordinate hotfixes, emergency releases, and release rollback plans when needed.
• Monitor release health, including crashes, regressions, rollout status, and user-impacting issues.
• Troubleshoot build, signing, submission, and deployment failures.
• Improve and automate repetitive release tasks using tools such as GitHub Actions, Fastlane, Bash, or Python.
• Maintain clear release documentation, checklists, runbooks, and status reporting.
• Ensure releases comply with Apple and Google policies and submission requirements.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve the reliability and reproducibility of mobile builds.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in release engineering, mobile DevOps, build engineering, or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience releasing production iOS and Android applications.
• Strong knowledge of App Store Connect, TestFlight, Google Play Console, mobile signing, provisioning, and certificates.
• Experience working with mobile CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Bitrise, CircleCI, Buildkite, or similar tools.
• Experience managing release branches, versioning, hotfixes, and staged rollouts.
• Ability to troubleshoot mobile build and deployment issues.
• Familiarity with scripting or automation.
• Strong organizational, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Ability to remain calm and make clear decisions during time-sensitive releases or incidents.

Nice to Have

• Experience with React Native applications.
• Experience with Fastlane or other mobile release automation tools.
• Experience supporting a high-scale consumer mobile application.
• Familiarity with mobile QA, automated testing, crash monitoring, or release observability.
• Previous experience in crypto, fintech, web3, or another highly regulated or security-sensitive product area.