Senior Software Engineer - Release Manager

Torc Robotics is a leader in autonomous driving technology, focused on developing software for automated trucks. The Release Manager will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of embedded truck software and cloud application releases, ensuring they meet quality standards and align with business priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate release planning and execution activities across Engineering, QA, DevOps, Product, Cybersecurity, and Operations teams to ensure the successful delivery of embedded truck software and cloud applications
• Manage release schedules, deployment timelines, and milestones
• Ensure release readiness through validation of testing results, compliance checks, documentation reviews, and stakeholder approvals
• Lead go/no-go decision meetings, release status reviews, and post-release retrospectives to drive accountability and continuous improvement
• Oversee production deployments, rollback strategies, and contingency planning to minimize operational risk and service disruption
• Identify, track, and mitigate release risks, cross-team dependencies, and change management impacts throughout the software delivery lifecycle
• Partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and release reliability
• Support process improvement initiatives focused on release governance, standardization, tooling optimization, and operational efficiency
• Manage multiple concurrent releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments while maintaining delivery quality and schedule alignment
• Monitor post-release performance, defects, and incidents, and coordinate resolution efforts to ensure system stability and customer satisfaction
• Maintain clear communication with stakeholders by providing release status updates, deployment metrics, risk assessments, and escalation management
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of release management best practices, policies, and operational procedures

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of professional experience in Release Management, Program Management, or Software Delivery
• Strong understanding of modern software development methodologies, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices
• Experience coordinating complex software releases across cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with release and deployment tools such as Jenkins, Jira, GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, or similar platforms
• Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Experience managing multiple releases and environments simultaneously
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Strong problem-solving and risk management skills
• Experience facilitating release readiness reviews, deployment coordination, and post-mortem discussions
• Experience managing software releases within cloud-based environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment orchestration tools and practices
• Experience supporting enterprise SaaS platforms, embedded systems, or large-scale distributed application environments
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps methodologies, and release automation frameworks
• Understanding of change management, release governance, compliance, and operational risk management processes
• Ability to analyze release metrics, troubleshoot deployment issues, and coordinate cross-functional resolution efforts
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, organizational, and problem-solving skills in fast-paced technical environments
• Experience working within Agile, Scrum, or scaled Agile delivery models
• Scrum Master, PMP, Agile, or related project and release management certifications are considered a plus