Software Engineering - Release Engineering - Manager, Release Engineering

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Hyderabad, India

Salesforce is seeking a Release Engineering Manager to plan and schedule the rollout of new features and patch updates for their CRM Analytics product. This role involves collaborating with engineering, DevOps, and product teams, managing complex releases, ensuring compliance, and improving release management practices through automation and DevOps techniques. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Release or Configuration Management and a strong understanding of release pipelines, CI/CD, and cloud technologies.

What you'd actually do

  1. planning and scheduling the rollout of new features
  2. Develops and shares Subject Matter Expertise, best practices and business knowledge with immediate external partners
  3. Thorough understanding of release pipelines, branching strategies, CI/CD automation, configuration management, testing, and risk mitigation
  4. Ensure compliance with organizational standards and governance for all releases
  5. Continuously improve release management practices by implementing automation and modern DevOps techniques.

Skills

Required

  • BS in Computer Science, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8+ years of experience in IT with at least 3+ years in Release or Configuration Management
  • 5+ years of experience in Release/Program Management
  • Proven ability to manage complex releases and align multi-functional teams in fast-paced environments
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with experience in Agile methodologies, AWS and documentation practices
  • Self-starter, who can work independently, able to learn quickly, meets deadlines and demonstrates problem-solving skills
  • Experience with cloud technology including GCP, AWS and/or Azure

Nice to have

  • Previous technical experience with release pipelines, CI/CD is an added advantage
  • Experience working with global teams across multiple regions (Europe, APAC, Americas) is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • Release Manager
  • Release Engineering
  • Release or Configuration Management
  • Release/Program Management
  • manage complex releases