# Senior Release Engineer

**Company:** [GitLab](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gitlab)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Gitlab Ci/Cd, DevOps, Release Engineering, Python, Claude, Salesforce, Zuora, Source Control, Artifact Management, Automated Testing, REST APIs, Webhooks, JSON, Rollback Practices, Configuration Management
**Posted:** 2026-09-03

> Senior Release Engineer responsible for building reliable CI/CD pipelines and release automation for enterprise SaaS platforms such as Salesforce and Zuora. The role requires 7+ years of release engineering or DevOps experience, strong Python skills, and hands-on use of approved AI-assisted tools.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain GitLab CI/CD or comparable pipelines for enterprise applications, including validation, testing, packaging, deployment, promotion, rollback, and post-release verification.
- Develop reusable Python or other scripting-language automation to reduce manual release work and improve repeatability.
- Use approved AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude or comparable enterprise-approved tools for pipeline development, scripting, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, release analysis, and operational automation.
- Define CI/CD patterns for Salesforce, Zuora, and other business systems.
- Establish environment and promotion strategies across development, test, staging, and production, including configuration management and deployment sequencing.
- Implement quality gates, automated checks, approvals, audit trails, and policy controls.
- Partner with application and development teams on branching, versioning, release cadence, and rollback standards.
- Improve release observability through deployment dashboards, pipeline metrics, change records, notifications, and operational reporting.
- Investigate failed deployments, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
- Contribute to release calendars, change planning, blackout-period coordination, and risk-based release decisions.
- Create documentation, runbooks, reusable templates, and enablement materials.
- Coach engineers and application teams on CI/CD, release automation, branching strategies, testing, and operational readiness.
- Collaborate with security, compliance, architecture, and enterprise application stakeholders.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience in release engineering, DevOps, or a related discipline.
- Experience managing releases and deployments for enterprise SaaS applications such as Salesforce, Zuora, or other business systems.
- Strong hands-on experience designing and operating GitLab CI/CD or comparable production pipelines.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language, such as Python, with the ability to write maintainable automation and integrations.
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development and automation tools such as Claude or comparable enterprise-approved tools in day-to-day DevOps and release engineering work.
- Experience with source control, branching and merging, artifact management, automated testing, deployment orchestration, and rollback practices.
- Working knowledge of REST APIs, webhooks, JSON, authentication patterns, and integration troubleshooting.
- Experience managing releases across multiple environments with attention to configuration, dependencies, access controls, and auditability.
- Ability to troubleshoot pipeline failures, deployment issues, integration defects, and environment inconsistencies.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, business, security, compliance, and operations teams.

## Benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Team member resource groups
- Equity compensation and employee stock purchase plan
- Growth and development fund
- Parental leave

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