Senior Release Engineer

N-iX is looking for a Release Engineer to join their Release Management team. This role is critical in the software development lifecycle, focusing on validating, promoting, deploying, and actively monitoring releases across multiple environments. The position requires hands-on experience with DevOps tooling, cloud infrastructure, and strong judgment to manage safe and scalable rollouts.

Must Have

• Build and deploy artifacts to staging and production environments.
• Execute test suites to ensure readiness for promotion.
• Manage promotions through deployment rings and configure pipelines.
• Monitor rollbar alerts, canary error dashboards, and application health.
• Review and follow monitoring plans per deployment.
• Operate and optimize end-to-end CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, BuildKite).
• Manage infrastructure and service deployments using Kubernetes and Argo.
• Coordinate urgent fix rollouts and rollback procedures.
• Use AWS services (EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, etc.) to deploy and manage infrastructure.
• Automate configuration and manage environment scalability.
• 5+ years in Release Engineering, DevOps, or related roles.
• Strong experience with git, CI/CD tools, and scripting (e.g., shell).
• Proficient with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of SDLC with emphasis on release and delivery.
• Excellent analytical skills and operational judgment.
• Strong, proactive execution, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Good to Have

• Familiarity with modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Kotlin/Java).

Perks & Benefits

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings
• Other location-specific benefits

N-iX is looking for Release Engineer to join our Release Management team. You will play a critical role in the software development lifecycle, responsible for validating, promoting, deploying, and actively monitoring releases across multiple environments. This role requires hands-on experience with DevOps tooling, cloud infrastructure, and strong judgment in managing safe and scalable rollouts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Release Validation & Promotion
• Build and deploy artifacts to staging and production environments
• Execute test suites to ensure readiness for promotion
• Manage promotions through deployment rings and configure pipelines appropriately
• Active Monitoring
• Monitor rollbar alerts, canary error dashboards, and the health of the application and its services
• Review and follow monitoring plans per deployment
• Deployment Execution
• Operate and optimize end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and BuildKite
• Manage infrastructure and service deployments using Kubernetes and Argo
• Coordinate urgent fix rollouts and rollback procedures as needed
• Cloud & Infra Support
• Use AWS services (EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, etc.) to deploy and manage infrastructure.
• Automate configuration and manage environment scalability.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 5+ years in Release Engineering, DevOps, or related roles
• Technical Skills:
• Strong experience with git, CI/CD tools, and scripting (e.g., shell)
• Proficient with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and AWS cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Kotlin/Java)
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) with emphasis on release and delivery
• Soft Skills:
• Excellent analytical skills and operational judgment
• Strong, proactive execution, communication and interpersonal skills

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings
• Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers