Staff Release Engineer

Assured is on a mission to modernize insurance. Claims processing (i.e. should we pay this claim?), while often overlooked, is the foundation of the entire industry. It’s currently highly manual, involving phone calls, faxes, and gut instinct, costing tens of billions of dollars a year. We can do better.

At Assured, we provide large insurers with the software solutions they need to win in a modern, technology-driven world. From self-service claim-filing software to backend fraud detection, we’re the engine that powers claims processing for some of the largest insurers in the world.

The challenges we face are deep and diverse, from creating digital experiences that provide comfort and clarity to claimants at their most stressed and vulnerable to orchestrating large-scale ML-driven decision-making on billions of dollars of claims payments, life at Assured is dynamic, collaborative, and rewarding.

Join us as a Staff Release Engineer and help shape the future of our software delivery. You’ll be at the center of our deployment process—automating, optimizing, and ensuring every release runs flawlessly from development to production. This role blends hands-on technical depth with strategic impact, empowering you to elevate release practices across teams.

What You’ll Do

⚙️ Build and evolve fully automated CI/CD pipelines for reliable, zero-downtime releases

🤝 Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, QA, product, and SRE teams to ensure deployment readiness

🔍 Troubleshoot and resolve complex release and environment issues, driving root-cause solutions

📦 Own the Release Candidate (RC) lifecycle, validating builds for quality, stability, and compliance

📜 Define and refine deployment, rollback, and verification processes to safeguard production

🧠 Mentor and guide engineers on best practices for release management and automation

☁️ Manage and maintain consistent environment configurations across dev, staging, and production

🚨 Lead emergency and out-of-cycle deployments with confidence and precision

⚖️ Facilitate Go/No-Go reviews, balancing technical readiness and business priorities

What You Bring

🌟 5+ years of experience in release engineering, DevOps, or application deployment

🧰 Proven expertise with GitLab CI/CD, Git, and automated testing integrations

🐳 Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes

☁️ Deep familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure

💻 Strong understanding of TypeScript-based applications and modern deployment workflows

🔄 Expertise in version control, branching strategies, and rollback planning

🔍 Experience with observability tools and performance optimization

💬 Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

🧭 A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence

Benefits:

🤑 Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary and equity package!

🏥 Comprehensive Health Care: Access to multiple medical plans with an HSA option and minimal out-of-pocket expenses. Certain plans covered 100%.

🦷 Dental Insurance: We protect those pearly whites

👀 Vision Insurance: Everyone can see clearly now at Assured

🌧 Life Insurance: It's on the house! Provided at no cost to you

🏄 Paid Time Off: Uncapped vacation days and paid holidays. Take that vacation!

👶 Family Leave: Maternity and paternity leave options

📈 Financial Wellness: 401(k) contribution with Assured contributing 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute

👪 Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and dependent care FSAs for pre-tax flexible spending

Our Commitment:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.