Senior Release Engineer

Industry / Sector / Domain

Information Technology & Services

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

6+ years

Catenon India is looking for a Senior Release Engineer for one of its clients.

Develop an automated, continuous, build process that reviews the source code, identifies build errors and notifies appropriate parties to expedite/facilitate synchronization to the latest build.
Improve productivity by designing & developing full-featured build systems; implementing tools and scripts that enable efficient, flexible builds
Integrate the build system to the bug tracking system (JIRA)
Develop an efficient deployment process for AWS cloud
Identify and propagate best practices and processes
Communicate releases related activities to all the stakeholders and take their feedback to improve the process
Defining the branching and Merging strategy of versions / baselines across releases
Writing and Maintaining the Build scripts
Defining, setting up and maintenance of CI/CD system
Design and Develop test automation scripts
Automate unit tests / simulations and ensure submitted software passes the validations
Hand’s on ability to automate repeated tasks and build test coverage
Lead a team of offshore release engineers and be hands-on as and when required, especially in the first 6-9 months

Experience with revision control tools such as Git
Experience with automated build tools such as Jenkins
Experience with build release and configuration management practices, including branch-based development and patch/merging oriented work flow
Strong scripting and automation experience in Python, bash, Ruby or similar language
Experience in designing and developing test automation scripts
Experience in Cross-compilation
Experience in Embedded targets
Experience in Automating unit tests / simulations
Experience in implementing Gated submissions (i.e. submitted software must pass unit tests before progressing)
Proficient in using tools such as SonarQube, SVN, JIRA, Jenkins, Mac Slave configurations, Android/iOS build and deployments
Must be a self-starter with the ability to build processes from ground level. Ability to coordinate between cross-functional teams
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent software releases
A willingness to take ownership of projects and drive them to completion
Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills
Creative thinker and strong problem solver with meticulous attention to detail
Effective leader with hand’s on approach
At least 6 years of experience in one of Release Engineering, Test Automation, Dev Ops etc.
Masters in Computer Science or equivalent vocational experience required.

Experience in Auto-updating package repositories with build system artifacts
Experience in Static analysis tools, code metrics, test coverage, etc.
Experience in Testing using virtual targets hosted on cloud infrastructure (foreign CPUs in particular, i.e. ARM QEMU on x 86 host)
Experience in Automatic change log/release note creation, including experience with integrating bug tracking and commit messages.
Experience in building farms, particularly with cross-toolchains
Experience in Publishing ‘live’ internal documentation from codebase (e.g. using Doxygen) as an artifact of builds.
Proficiency in one or more scripting languages.

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