Release Engineer San Ramon, CA

Overview

Job Title: Staff Release Engineer

Location: San Ramon, CA

Are you a systems thinker who thrives on creating seamless, scalable software delivery workflows? Do you enjoy partnering across engineering teams to build robust pipelines that enable high-velocity and high-quality releases? Are you passionate about developer experience and eager to optimize how code gets to production safely and efficiently?

If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team. As a Staff Release Engineer at Ridgeline, you will own and evolve the systems, tools, and processes that underpin our software delivery lifecycle. Your work will drive efficiency, reliability, and visibility across engineering, making you a force multiplier for product delivery. You'll collaborate closely with Infrastructure, SRE, and Engineering teams to architect resilient CI/CD pipelines, implement automated quality gates, and reduce friction across all deployment paths.

You’ll help accelerate delivery while reducing risk and complexity using cutting-edge technologies—including AI tools like Git Hub Copilot and ChatGPT.

Ridgeline emphasizes an ownership mindset, growth, transparency, and collaboration. We look for people who communicate openly, take action, and bring solutions. If this excites you, we’d love to meet you.

Work authorization: You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

• Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD systems to enable scalable, repeatable, and safe delivery
• Establish and enforce release standards such as artifact validation, test coverage thresholds, and dependency checks
• Collaborate with SRE and Infrastructure teams to create automated and consistent release workflows
• Implement observability and rollback capabilities to improve release visibility and safety
• Develop systems to prevent risky changes and support faster mean time to recovery
• Create self-service tools that empower developers and reduce deployment friction
• Define and report on release metrics that drive transparency and continuous improvement
• Champion a product mindset for internal tools by deeply understanding the needs of developer teams

• 4+ years in Release Engineering, Dev Ops, or Site Reliability Engineering roles
• Expertise with CI/CD systems such as Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or Spinnaker
• Strong scripting or coding skills (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) and IaC experience with tools like Terraform or Helm
• Deep understanding of release strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling) and artifact/versioning systems
• Passion for automation, testing, and scalable system design
• Experience with Kubernetes and modern cloud-native infrastructure
• Familiarity with observability tools and release health metrics
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Serious interest in having fun at work

• Experience in high-availability or regulated environments such as finance or healthcare
• Familiarity with Google SRE principles or equivalent operational excellence models
• Background in driving the adoption of Dev Ops metrics (DORA, MTTR, deployment frequency)

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield to apply bold innovation and human connectivity to the needs of the investment management industry. We are building a modern platform in the public cloud, prioritizing security, agility, and usability.

With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is a fast-growing, people-first company recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company,” and by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Startup Employers.”

Ridgeline is an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected status.

The cash compensation is targeted at $174,000 - $220,000, with final amounts determined by experience and expertise. In addition to base salary, employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan. Benefits include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please see our Careers page for a full overview of perks and benefits.

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