# Release Engineer

**Company:** [EngFlow](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/engflow)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $60k – $120k/yr
**Skills:** Terraform, AWS, GCP, Bazel, Gradle, Maven, Cmake, CI/CD, Linux, Shell Scripting, Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, Kubernetes
**Posted:** 2026-06-11

> Owns weekly releases and phased production rollouts for a globally distributed remote execution platform. The role focuses on Terraform-managed infrastructure, CI health, incident coordination, operational reliability, and continuous improvement of release processes.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the weekly release cycle from branch cut through full production rollout.
- Manage phased deployments across release tracks using Terraform and internal tooling.
- Deploy configuration changes to a global fleet of clusters.
- Resolve Terraform drift and ensure clusters remain within maintenance and certificate windows.
- Participate in the operational rotation by triaging the Linear queue, routing issues, investigating customer-reported cluster problems, and facilitating Production Ops meetings.
- Keep the master branch green across EngFlow-managed repositories.
- Investigate flaky tests and document unresolved issues clearly.
- Coordinate engineers during production incidents.
- Deploy hotfixes and configuration changes within maintenance windows.
- Improve runbooks, handover processes, and operational workflows to reduce toil.

## Requirements
- Experience owning production deployments for a distributed or cloud-hosted service.
- Hands-on Terraform experience across AWS, GCP, and other cloud providers.
- Ability to read build systems such as Bazel, Gradle, Maven, or CMake and diagnose build failures.
- Experience operating CI/CD systems, investigating failures, and managing flaky tests.
- Linux and shell proficiency for log analysis, scripting, and production debugging.
- Strong written English and asynchronous communication skills.
- Ownership of operational outcomes and sound escalation judgment.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with Bazel or the Remote Execution API (REAPI).
- Programming proficiency in Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript.
- Experience with PagerDuty and Linear or equivalent incident and issue-tracking workflows.
- Platform or DevOps engineering experience at a product-led company.
- Production experience with Kubernetes or container orchestration.

## Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k) and bonus.
- Parental leave and generous vacation.
- Fully remote work with company gatherings several times per year.

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