Lead Release Manager

A private investment firm managing over $60 billion, recognized as one of the world's most successful hedge funds.

With around 5,000 employees globally and 50 in Israel, the team is based in Ramat Gan (near the train station) and operates in a hybrid model (one day from home).

The Israel site is entirely FinTech-focused, working with cutting-edge technologies and offering real influence on the product.

Responsibilities

• Proactive release management:
• Spearhead robust release process with proper auditing, testing, and documentation
• Gatekeep releases and coordinate cross-team releases to maximize production stability
• Validate regression and integration testing results for staged releases
• Evaluate upcoming releases for upstream and downstream impact
• Create formal rollback plans for new releases
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies for forthcoming release
• Define and prioritize business objectives in the BOW and upcoming release roadmap
• Set and meet delivery timelines
• Track progress towards high-level goals, and identify and resolve blockers
• Communicate release contents effectively with stakeholders, including Portfolio Managers
• Incident management and analysis
• Actively participate in triaging ongoing incidents
• Provide advice and guidance for root cause analysis
• Utilize observability tools to quickly zero in on active issue
• According to RCA, improve regression and integration test suites to prevent reoccurrence

Requirements-

• 8 years of hands-on experience in large-scale distributed system, complex software design, high scalability and availability, optimization, observability
• Excellent communication and prioritization skills
• Strong analytical problem solving and decision-making skills
• Profound understanding of design patterns, data structures and algorithms
• Proven skills in performance tuning, monitoring and measurin
• Experience with automation and building robust processes / pipelines
• A degree in Computer Science (preferred) or related engineering field