Lead Mobile Release Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary owner and single point of contact for all mobile release engineering activities across iOS and Android
  
• Lead the end-to-end mobile release lifecycle, including build orchestration, internal testing, beta distribution, store submission, phased rollout, and production release
  
• Define and enforce release standards, governance, checklists, timelines, and go/no-go criteria
  
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or Bitrise, integrated with Fastlane
  
• Manage release workflows for App Store Connect and Google Play Console, including TestFlight, Firebase App Distribution, release tracks, phased rollouts, and store compliance requirements
  
• Own and secure mobile code-signing processes, including certificate and provisioning profile management using Fastlane Match or equivalent tooling
  
• Improve build reliability, speed, and developer experience by optimizing macOS runners, caching, dependency management, and artifact handling
  
• Partner with mobile developers to support native iOS/Android, React Native, and Flutter delivery workflows
  
• Drive shift-left quality and security practices by integrating unit tests, UI automation, static analysis, dependency scanning, and mobile security checks aligned to OWASP MASVS
  
• Implement and review post-release observability using Crashlytics, Sentry, and New Relic to monitor app health, regressions, and release quality
  
• Manage supporting infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure using Terraform and Ansible
  
• Support internal tooling and backend services used by the mobile ecosystem with Docker and Kubernetes where required
  
• Coordinate closely with engineering, QA, product, security, and leadership to plan releases, manage dependencies, communicate risks, and resolve blockers
  
• Mentor engineers on release best practices, improve team maturity, and drive continuous improvement across delivery processes
  
• Own release metrics such as build success rate, deployment frequency, build duration, failed submissions, rollback rates, and release stability
  

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Release Engineering, or CI/CD, with at least 2-3 years focused on mobile release engineering
  
• Proven experience acting as a technical lead, release lead, or primary point of contact for a delivery or platform function
  
• Strong hands-on experience with Fastlane, Xcodebuild, and Gradle
  
• Proven experience building and operating iOS and Android CI/CD pipelines on macOS runners
  
• Deep understanding of App Store Connect, Google Play Console, TestFlight, Firebase App Distribution, release tracks, phased rollouts, signing requirements, and store review processes
  
• Strong knowledge of CocoaPods, Swift Package Manager, and Android build/release configuration
  
• Experience supporting both native mobile apps and at least one cross-platform stack such as React Native or Flutter
  
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Ruby for release and build automation
  
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
  
• Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
  
• Experience integrating security tooling such as MobSF, SonarQube, dependency scanning, or similar mobile security controls
  
• Solid understanding of OWASP MASVS and secure mobile delivery practices
  
• Strong stakeholder communication, decision-making, incident coordination, and ownership mindset
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Bitrise, MacStadium, AWS EC2 Mac, or other Apple build infrastructure providers
  
• Experience managing release planning for multiple apps, teams, or environments simultaneously
  
• Familiarity with ArgoCD or Flux for managing backend services that support mobile platforms
  
• Experience with JFrog Artifactory, Azure Artifacts, private CocoaPods registries, or Maven repositories
  
• Experience optimizing runner usage, cloud costs, and build minutes at scale
  
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading a small release/platform function