Mobile App Release Engineer II

MiniMed•Los Angeles, CA

5d•$87,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Mobile App Release Engineer II owns and continuously improves the release lifecycle for iOS and Android applications. The role ensures reliable, secure, and predictable releases through automation, CI/CD pipeline management, release coordination, and collaboration with engineering, QA, product, and operations teams. The position involves managing enterprise mobile releases, automating build and deployment processes, maintaining App Store and Google Play deployments, and improving release quality through scalable engineering practices. The engineer coordinates end-to-end release activities, maintains build and deployment automation, supports app-store submissions and rollouts, monitors release health, and documents procedures and compliance records. The role partners with engineering, product management, test, DQE, security, and support teams and participates in release planning and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and two years of experience, or an advanced degree and zero years of experience.
Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Attention to detail.
Risk assessment and mitigation skills.
Cross-functional collaboration skills.
Time management skills.
Experience with iOS and Android release processes.
Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Bitrise, CircleCI, or similar.
Experience with Fastlane, Git version control, App Store Connect, and Google Play Console.
Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
Strong understanding of mobile application lifecycle management.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Four or more years of software engineering or release engineering experience.
Three or more years supporting mobile application releases.
Experience with mobile observability and monitoring tools.
Experience supporting enterprise-scale mobile applications.
Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
AWS Certified Developer or DevOps Engineer certification.
Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.
Familiarity with iOS, Android, App Store Connect, Google Play Console, TestFlight, and Firebase App Distribution.
Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab, Fastlane, Gradle, Xcode, CocoaPods, Swift Package Manager, GitLab/GitHub, Bash, Python, Groovy, and AWS Grafana.
Competence in release planning and execution, process improvement, incident response, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end release process for iOS and Android application programs.
Coordinate release schedules across multiple engineering teams.
Manage production, beta, and internal testing releases.
Execute emergency hotfix and patch releases when required.
Ensure release readiness through established quality gates.
Build and maintain mobile CI/CD pipelines.
Automate build, testing, signing, packaging, and deployment workflows.
Improve release speed while maintaining reliability and security.
Reduce manual deployment activities through scripting and automation.
Submit and publish applications to the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Manage phased rollouts, staged deployments, and release approvals.
Coordinate app metadata updates and versioning.
Monitor store review status and deployment issues.
Monitor release metrics and post-release health.
Support rollback and recovery procedures.
Partner with engineering, product management, test, DQE, security, and support teams.
Participate in release planning meetings.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Maintain release documentation and runbooks.
Document deployment procedures and rollback strategies.
Ensure compliance with organizational security and governance requirements.
Maintain release audit trails and change records.

Benefits

Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
Short-term incentive (STI).
Health insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Health Savings Account.
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
Life insurance.
Long-term disability leave.
Dependent daycare spending account.
Incentive plans.
401(k) plan with company match.
Short-term disability coverage.
Paid time off and holidays.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Eligible employees may have access to a Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements.