Release Manager

3 days ago

Hyderabad, Telangana, India Foundation AI Full time
JOB DESCRIPTION

Designation: Release Manager

Location: Hyderabad, India

Work Mode: Office


About US:

Foundation AI automatically ingests incoming documents, emails, and attachments from across your firm. It profiles, matches, classifies, and saves each to your DMS and then automates document-dependent workflows according to your rules. Read more about us at

 Job Overview:

As a Release Manager, you will play a critical role in the end-to-end release management process. The Release Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing software releases across multiple teams and environments, ensuring high-quality delivery. Your primary focus will be on ensuring smooth, timely, and high-quality deployments while minimizing risks and disruptions. By collaborating closely with development, QA, operations, and project management teams, you will streamline release processes, drive automation, and maintain robust governance. Through efficient release management, you will contribute to enhancing product stability, accelerating delivery, and enabling business success.

Key Responsibilities:

Release Planning & Scheduling: Develop and maintain release calendars, schedules, and milestones. Coordinate with product owners, engineering, QA, and infrastructure teams for release readiness.Release Execution & Delivery: Own the end-to-end execution of software releases across environments (dev, staging, production). Manage CI/CD pipelines and ensure successful deployments with rollback strategies in place. Monitor release progress, resolve conflicts, and manage risks.Change & Configuration Management: Ensure compliance with change management processes, approvals, and audit requirements. Oversee feature flagging, version control, and environment configuration.Quality & Risk Management: Work closely with QA to ensure adequate test coverage before release. Proactively identify and mitigate release risks.Stakeholder Communication: Act as the central point of contact for release status, risks, and issues. Communicate release scope and timelines to technical and non-technical stakeholders.Process Improvement: Continuously improve release management practices, automation, and reporting. Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and practices to optimize release efficiency.

Note:

Responsibilities will be tailored based on the candidate's experience and expertise, aligning with Engineer Manager I, II, or III levels.

Skills and Tools:Requirements AnalysisGathers requirements for medium releases with guidanceValidates dependencies and clarifies gaps independentlyAnticipates potential conflicts and aligns requirements across multiple teamsDocumentation & ReportingCreates clear release notes and runbooksStandardizes templates for recurring releasesMentors juniors and ensures audit-ready documentationRelease Orchestration ToolsRuns release jobs and resolves basic issuesCustomizes workflows and handles failures independentlyDesigns optimized workflows and integrates automation across teamsUnit Testing & Automation IntegrationVerifies unit testsEncourages automation adoption in pipelinesDefines release readiness criteria based on testing coverageCI/CD Pipeline ManagementMonitors builds and test executionsAdds approval gates and troubleshootingChampions CI/CD best practices and drives efficiency improvementsChange & Configuration ManagementApplies standard change control proceduresEnsures rollback procedures and tracks versionsDefines release-level change management policies and audits complianceCloud & Infrastructure AwarenessUnderstands environment differencesValidates infra readiness for releasesAnticipates infra risks and suggests scalable deployment strategiesFeature Flag / Rollout StrategiesUses feature flags under guidanceManages staged rollouts and basic canary deploymentsDefines rollout policies and oversees safe deployment practicesCollaboration & CommunicationCoordinates across dev/test teamsFacilitates cross-team sync meetings and escalates issuesLeads stakeholder communications and provides clear executive updatesProblem-solving & Critical ThinkingTroubleshoots blockersAnticipates and mitigates medium risksDesigns mitigation strategies for complex scenariosLegal / Compliance / Insurance AwarenessEnsures compliance sign-offsMaintains audit documentationLeads audits and enforces release compliance policies 

Technical  Skills

 

Technical Skills

Requirement Level

Jenkins / ArgoCD

Must Have

Github / GitHub Actions

Must Have

Jira

Must Have

SDLC

Must Have

Agile methodologies

Good to Have

Branching/merging strategies

Must Have

Agile/Scrum

Good to Have

SAFe release planning

Good to Have

Change Management processes

Must Have

Experience with feature flagging,

Good to Have

Experience with  blue-green deployments

Good to Have

Experience on Python

Must Have

Containerization / Docker

Good To Have

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

Good To Have

Relational / Vector databases

Must Have

Application Development using Python - REST API, FastAPI, Flask

Must Have

AWS Services - S3, EC2, Sagemaker, Lambda

Good To Have

Experience with LLM / GenAI

Good To Have

Production scale Model Deployment

Good To Have

Years of Exp in Transformers/ BERT Family models

Good To Have

Computer Vision / Object Detection

Good To Have

Deep Learning Framework

Good To Have

MLOps - Data Pipeline, Training Pipeline, Model Monitoring, Deployment -
KubeFlow, MLFlow, RayServe, Pachyderm, Kedro

Good To Have

 

Education & Experience:

A B-Tech degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience relevant to the functional area. 5+ years of experience in release management or software delivery roles.Our Commitment:

At Foundation AI, we're committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We value equal opportunity and affirmative action principles, giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. We're dedicated to offering equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. Upholding these values and adhering to applicable laws is paramount to us.

 

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