Release Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of how Tailscale delivers its product both internally and to customers.

• Develop and manage the release coordination process.

• Establish operational practices that align product and engineering efforts.

• Set the release schedule, define roles, create tooling, and establish release standards.

• Design, implement, and continuously enhance release management practices, including readiness criteria, rollout coordination, and go/no-go evaluations.

• Create and maintain tooling, templates, runbooks, and documentation.

• Collaborate with engineering leaders and product managers to identify risks early and facilitate their resolution.

• Define and monitor operational metrics such as release frequency and change failure rates.

• Facilitate cross-team planning rituals to ensure alignment between engineering and product teams.

• Drive systematic operational improvements utilizing data and informed judgment.

• Gradually extend processes to other areas of product and engineering collaboration, such as operational metrics.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in engineering operations, release management, or a closely related position in a software company.

• Proven experience in building or significantly enhancing release management processes.

• Technical proficiency in build systems, deployment pipelines, branching strategies, and production operations.

• Strong discernment regarding beneficial processes versus unnecessary bureaucracy, with an emphasis on trust and adoption.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and construct structure from the ground up.

🏝️ Benefits

• An inclusive and flexible environment that allows you to be your authentic self.

• A competitive total compensation package, featuring a base salary, equity incentive plan, and variable commission for quota-based roles.

• Comprehensive group benefits with immediate coverage, including health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family.

• A remote-first work setting with fully remote work options, virtual and in-person social events, and access to a corporate co-working program.

• Employer-funded retirement contributions that match employee contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equivalent to 0.75% of eligible compensation.

• Annual company retreat and team off-sites.

• $1500 USD annually allocated for professional development.

• Opportunities for mentorship, coaching, and internal promotions.

• A flexible paid time off program.

• Company-provided laptop (Mac or PC).

• Monthly reimbursement for home internet expenses.

• $500 USD allowance for home office workstation customization.

• Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.