Technical Release Specialist

FanDuel • New York, NY

4h • $106,000 - $133,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Release Manager oversees the end-to-end release lifecycle, ensuring that software deployments are delivered reliably, efficiently, and with minimal risk. This role acts as the central coordinator across Engineering, QA, Product, and Operations, driving standardized processes that improve release quality and accelerate time to market.
In addition to the responsibilities outlined below, employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.
In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. Master’s degree preferred in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Business Technology.
• 4–6 years of progressive software development experience, with a minimum of 4+ years of hands-on Salesforce deployment experience.
• Experience managing application change delivery in an agile environment.
• Experience with Salesforce Lightning Framework, Apex, SOQL, and Visualforce.
• Proven track record of implementing complex Salesforce solutions and integrations.
• Experience planning, scheduling, and implementing releases in a demanding, fast-paced environment requiring a high degree of deadline-driven productivity.
• Deep understanding of Salesforce security models, sharing rules, and governance.
• Strong experience with Copado.
• Strong programming skills in multiple languages (Java, Python, JavaScript).
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to think and move quickly, managing difficult trade-offs to meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Salesforce certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain consistent, repeatable deployment practices to reduce risk and improve quality.
• Implement structured release workflows that reduce production outages and business disruption.
• Serve as the central point of communication, aligning Engineering, QA, Product, and Operations to prevent bottlenecks and duplicate work.
• Streamline approvals and release workflows to improve time to market for new features and updates.
• Oversee comprehensive testing, validation, and risk assessments to prevent errors and protect customer experience.
• Provide day-to-day support for release management inquiries and requests.
• Coordinate scope of change, release details, and documentation generation.
• Maintain clear rollback plans to enable rapid recovery from deployment issues.
• Balance competing needs, resources, and timelines to keep releases on track.
• Allow Engineering teams to focus on development by managing the coordination and orchestration of release activities.
• Plan and schedule environment refreshes to ensure data accuracy and alignment across development, testing, and production systems.
• Manage sandbox creation, updates, and general upkeep to support development and QA activities.
• Salesforce expertise required in: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Einstein Chatbot, Communities, Analytics Studio, Data, Cloud, Agentforce
• Define and communicate production deployment windows to minimize business impact and ensure smooth release execution.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Technology and Product Engineering organization.
• Demonstrate strong presentation and documentation skills.
• Train and educate engineers and stakeholders on release management processes.
• Deliver accurate and timely insight reporting aligned with key release-related metrics to stakeholders.

Benefits

• We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
• We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards.
• Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
• This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits.
• This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation.
• This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays.
• FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level