Senior Release Engineer

Assured is on a mission to modernize insurance. Claims processing (i.e. should we pay this claim?), while often overlooked, is the foundation of the entire industry. It’s currently highly manual, involving phone calls, faxes, and gut instinct—costing tens of billions of dollars a year. We can do better.

At Assured, we provide large insurers with the software solutions they need to win in a modern, technology-driven world. From self-service claim filing software to backend fraud detection, we’re the engine that powers claims processing for some of the largest insurers in the world.

The challenges we face are deep and diverse—from creating digital experiences that provide comfort and clarity to claimants at their most stressed and vulnerable to orchestrating large-scale ML-driven decision-making on billions of dollars of claims payments, life at Assured is dynamic, collaborative, and rewarding.

As a Senior Release Engineer, you will play a critical role overseeing the entire software deployment process. Your responsibilities will include automating deployments, troubleshooting complex issues, and ensuring seamless transitions to production environments. You'll provide technical guidance to fellow engineers while contributing to the architecture and strategic direction of the deployment pipeline. Collaboration with development and operations teams will be key to optimizing our software delivery processes.

The ideal candidate will have experience with AWS, GitLab CI/CD, and TypeScript-based applications, along with a deep understanding of deployment workflows, release management, and environment governance. This role requires a highly organized and proactive leader who can optimize release pipelines, minimize deployment risks, and ensure smooth, reliable releases.

You will…
✨ Design, implement, and manage automated deployment pipelines
🌟 Act as the primary point of contact for deployment readiness, working with product teams, developers, QA, and SRE teams
🔄 Optimize system performance and ensure high availability
🔍 Troubleshoot deployment issues and perform root cause analysis
🎓 Mentor engineers on best deployment practices

• Own the Release Candidate (RC) process, ensuring that builds meet quality and stability criteria before promotion.

• Oversee certification and validation in lower environments (e.g., dev, staging), ensuring deployments meet functional and non-functional requirements.

• Coordinate and execute out-of-cycle or emergency deployments, ensuring rapid response to critical fixes and production issues.

• Define and enforce deployment processes, rollback plans, and verification processes to ensure smooth releases.

• Manage environment configurations, ensuring consistency across dev, staging, and production environments.

• Facilitate Go/No-Go decisions based on technical and business readiness.

You have...
🌟 Experience in software deployment role for a fast growing product team
📄 Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD, including pipelines, runners, and automated testing integrations.

🚧 Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
☁️ Experience with AWS
🧠 Excellent problem-solving and communication skills 

• Experience deploying and managing TypeScript-based applications in production environments.

• Deep understanding of release management processes, including version control, branching strategies, and rollback procedures

• 5+ years of experience in release management, application deployment, or DevOps-related roles.

• Expertise with git

• Experience with observability tools

Benefits:

🤑 Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary and equity package!

🏥 Comprehensive Health Care: Access to multiple medical plans with an HSA option and minimal out-of-pocket expenses. Certain plans covered 100%.

🦷 Dental Insurance: We protect those pearly whites

👀 Vision Insurance: Everyone can see clearly now at Assured

🌧 Life Insurance: It's on the house! Provided at no cost to you

🏄 Paid Time Off: Uncapped vacation days and paid holidays. Take that vacation!

👶 Family Leave: Maternity and paternity leave options

📈 Financial Wellness: 401(k) contribution with Assured contributing 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute

👪 Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and dependent care FSAs for pre-tax flexible spending

Our Commitment:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.