Release Manager

At Apiture, our mission is to empower financial institutions to know and serve their clients with the care of a traditional community institution at the scale, speed, and efficiency required in today's digital world. With more than 300 clients throughout the U.S., we deliver comprehensive online and mobile solutions that support banks and credit unions, ranging from small community financial institutions to new, innovative direct banks.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Engineering Program Management, the Release Manager will be responsible for the management of releases across multiple applications across our delivery teams.

Location (Wilmington, NC, Austin, TX, Remote):We have offices in Wilmington, NC and Austin, TX and while some positions are office based, we will also consider remote candidates depending on their time zone.

Responsibilities:

Management of code delivery and code life cycle through UAT, CAT and PROD environments.

Construction and communication of reporting and metrics.

Creation / coordination of centralized release schedule and deployment execution plans

Mitigate risks and resolve issues regarding release quality and schedule.

Ensure all teams are adhering to engineering standards by serving as the gatekeeper.

Evaluate frequency of releases and alignment to scrum teams.

Continual focus on optimization of the release process. Requirements:

BA/BS degree in a technical/business field (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience).

2+ years of industry experience focused on release management.

A superb understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle.

Familiarity with Jira, Jenkins(or other automation tools) and AWS (or other cloud service provider). Nice to have:

Outstanding management, follow-through, and resourcefulness along with good attention to detail, verbal and written communication skills, and collaboration with teams

Experience with Atlassian tools including Bitbucket and Confluence

Experience with working in software development environment centered around Online Banking.

Prior participation with hands-on development, devops or platform engineering.

Prior exposure having a hand in maturing the release management discipline.

Proficiency with continuous deployment improvements.