Release Manager

MongoDB•New York, NY

1d•$106,000 - $209,000•Remote

About The Position

MongoDB is seeking a release manager for the core database. We’re looking for a versatile, highly technical and extremely organized individual to own and improve the build and release process for MongoDB. As a driver of the cross-functional release process, you’ll be partnering with developers, upper management and external MongoDB stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality releases and correctly prioritizing release related tasks and bug reports. An ideal candidate is comfortable writing application code, can communicate complex technical concepts well, and has great diagnostic intuition as it applies to complex distributed architectures. This role will be based remotely in the United States.

Requirements

Excellent technical communication skills to facilitate sound decision making
Proclivity to identify inefficiencies and automate manual processes
Technical ability to: Quickly grok and clearly synthesize implications of system behavior
Contribute readily to tools written in Python, Javascript, or Go
Read and understand the intent of code and stack traces in many languages, especially C++
Be a U.S. Citizen

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience in the field (combination of software engineering experience and release management)
Experience as a release manager of a very technical product
Experience delegating and prioritizing work without direct authority
Experience communicating about technical work with multiple stakeholders concurrently
Experience implementing and iterating new processes that require organizational buy-in
Familiarity with Github, Jira, and continuous integration testing
Technical aptitude in one or more of the following areas: Systems, network, database administration
Consulting, technical support, or site reliability engineering
Experience administering large-scale production environments, including hardware, operating systems (Linux/Unix), networks (including firewalls and load balancers)
Interest in challenging technical issues central to databases: distributed systems, consensus algorithms, data replication, query optimization, data storage, OS internals, concurrency and scheduling, networking, etc.

Responsibilities

Continue to build on existing automation to simplify the release process
Collaborate with team members to maintain a global view of cases that have been escalated to the Server Development teams and drive them forward to resolution
Manage the release of MongoDB to deliver critical fixes and major feature improvements
Investigate and summarize significant issues for internal and external users
Recognize patterns in a sea of information and take action accordingly
Anticipate potential user impact from identified issues and ensure solutions are prioritized