Senior Release Engineer, Quality Engineering at Reddit

Offer summary

Qualifications:

6+ years in a technical capacity with 2+ years in release management or TPM capacity, Experience managing mobile application releases and understanding release management principles, BA/BS in computer science or related technical field, or equivalent work experience, Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong analytical abilities..

Key responsabilities:

Manage all aspects of the internal beta and production app release process

Lead operations for Production iOS and Android releases and communicate key release milestones

Continuously assess risk factors and drive mitigation strategies for release reliability

Monitor and report on key release metrics, providing regular status updates to leadership.

Job description

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

Reddit's Quality Engineering (QE) team is looking for a Senior Release Engineer who can work in a highly collaborative environment, conduct production and internal beta releases, make release readiness decisions, assess risks to users and actively drive measures to mitigate them.

What You'll Do

Manage all aspects of the internal beta and production app release process
Lead operations for Production iOS and Android releases on a rotational basis
Communicate all key release milestones, requirements and changes to the organization
Manage cross-functional relationships and ensure there is healthy communication among Engineering, QA, Design and Release teams
Help build and maintain release and developer productivity dashboards
Write operational runbooks and documentation to support the Release team as needed
Research new technologies and release management methodologies for application in internal tooling improvements
Continuously assess risk factors to our Production users and actively drive mitigation strategies
Manage risk and mitigate issues that could affect release reliability and stability
Conduct release readiness reviews, launch communications for releases and post-mortem meetings as required
Investigate, escalate and drive solutions for emergent or complex technical issues
Provide contextual judgement and use data to drive decisions
Provide after-hours support as necessary
Monitor and provide regular status reports to leadership and the organization
Measure, monitor and report on key release metrics weekly and ad-hoc as needed

Role Requirements:

6+ years in a technical capacity with 2+ years in release management or TPM capacity
Experience managing mobile application releases and a deep understanding of release management principles
2+ years of development experience building web dashboards for internal metric tracking
Experience working with Python, java or a similar web development language
Basic knowledge of writing shell scripts, web development and databases is preferred.
Experience working cross-functionally with globally distributed teams that have differing business priorities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence and convey messages to a wide range of stakeholders
Strong analytical skills and experience utilizing tools to visualize trends and key metric monitoring
Experience making critical decisions for complex technical issues in real time, considering timelines and urgency
Strong attention to detail and ability to execute
Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Bitrise, Jenkins, Fastlane, CircleCI or equivalent tools
Experience working with App Store Connect and Google PlayStore Console
BA/BS in computer science or any related technical field (or equivalent work experience)
Experience enabling change in a high velocity environment

Please note: This role is 100% remote and open only to candidates currently located in the US or Canada.

Benefits:

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k Match
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
Generous paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$190,800—$267,100 USD

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com.

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