Red Cell Partners · 11 hours ago
Senior Release Engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $210K/yr
5+ years expRed Cell Partners is an incubation firm focused on scalable technology-led companies in healthcare, cyber, and national security. They are seeking a Senior Release Engineer to manage software release processes and ensure compliance, while also improving automation and metrics for release operations.
FinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Design and maintain the pipelines that produce our Single-Tenant SaaS updates and our Self-Managed customer bundles
Ensure "Build Once, Deploy Anywhere" consistency across standard cloud and restricted GovCloud environments
Manage artifact lifecycle, including versioning, container registries, and software signing to meet federal security standards
Act as the primary technical point of contact for ISSM (Information System Security Manager) approvals for GovCloud deployments
Maintain the "Version Map"—tracking which customers are on which versions and managing the complexities of "version lag" for those who opt out of weekly updates
Coordinate across teams to validate bundles before they are shipped to customer-managed environments
Continually improve our release operations and processes through automation
Develop and track metrics for release operations, recommend and develop solutions to improve alongside the engineering team
Lead "Go/No-Go" decisions, synthesizing input from QA, Support, and Product
Empower Customer Support and Sales Engineering by providing them with clear "Known Issues" lists and migration paths for each release, with the support of the engineering and product team for input
Qualification
Required
5+ years in DevOps, Release Engineering, or SRE, specifically in a company that ships both SaaS and On-Prem/Self-Managed software
Strong communication and coordination skills - you have high agency and can own work end to end through ambiguous situations
Deep experience with Docker and Helm
Deep experience with AWS
Familiarity with SOC2, FedRAMP, and/or IL4/IL5/IL6 environments. You understand that 'compliance' isn't a hurdle; it's a requirement of the build
Preferred
Deep experience with Azure and AWS
2+ years experience working in an early stage (Seed / Series A) startup
Benefits
100% employer paid, comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family
Unlimited PTO, with your manager’s approval
Flexible work environment where you manage your work day
A remote-first environment, with occasional travel to collaborate with customers, your team, and teammates from across the company in person
14 weeks of fully-paid parental leave
Company
Red Cell Partners
Red Cell Partners uniquely positioned at the creative intersection of investing and national security.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Grant Verstandig
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Kevin Keaton
Founding Partner/CTO
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