Release Support Engineer

• Create and put into use new tools and scalable frameworks to speed up the organization's release workflow and enable hundreds of engineers to write code more effectively
• Organize the use of and/or creation of scalable infrastructure to enhance the caliber of products and the efficiency of engineering
• Actively partner with Engineering Leaders, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to ship services and tools that significantly improve developer productivity and overall quality and performance across the tech stack
• Drive strategic efforts, encourage the use of new or improved frameworks, find possibilities for service layer abstraction, and be a key player in advancing engineering excellence
• Provide technical direction to the overall architecture and design, as well as actively mentor through extensive code reviews and paired programming
• Manage requests from various squads and communications with the bigger organization (therefore TPM expertise)
• No active development of any features or improvements is required but spend some time supporting various squads in release activities
• Manage simple development chores like branch merges in a sizable Git repository, building the project locally (using NodeJS or JavaScript), and using/debugging Circle CI automation

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor s/Master s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a Release Support Engineer
• 5+ years of experience developing infrastructure for products and/or tests
• Considerable working knowledge of libraries used in the modern web development toolchain, including Webpack, esbuild, Babel, Mocha, Jest, and Enzyme
• Solid knowledge of Java, JavaScript, DevOps, and TypeScript
• Strong background in CI/CD and Agile development, employing tools like GIT, CircleCI, New Relic, AWS, etc.
• Ability to effectively coordinate cross-functional communication to pinpoint tooling requirements, automation gaps, and labor-saving development practices
• Prior experience working with front-end development technologies like NodeJS and JavaScript
• Extensive experience with Circle CI for CI/CD and Bitbucket for VCS
• Ideal to have prior DevOps experience building distributed frameworks, infrastructure, or other development and monitoring tools that are crucial components of production systems
• Prior experience making and promoting your own open-source tools is nice to have
• Experience with technical publications or authoring related to software development and delivery is preferred
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills