Lead Software Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Plan the major release of project deliverables and release life cycle.
• Communicate the project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc. between different teams and stakeholders.
• Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases.
• Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected.
• Track the progress and find issues, if any. Always work to improve the process of release.
• Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
• Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.
• Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities.
• Communicate with managers from different applications.
• Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy successfully.
• Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software.
• Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications list, and dependencies.
  
   

• 5+ Years experience with at least 2 years of Release Management experience.
• Responsible for scheduling, planning, and controlling the Release process.
• Release Management lifecycle that involves the stages such as scheduling the release, coordinating between teams, and deployment of release as per the schedule.
• To release after completing the testing stage and deployment stage, and work closely with the application development team, testing team, and production team.
• To maintain proper coordination between these teams to update the project related information.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Problem-solving and analytics skills
• Stakeholder management
• Negotiation Skills

Technical Skills:

• JIRA
• GITHUB
• DevOps tools & knowledge is added advantage.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status”

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