About the job
Join Our Team as a Technical Release Specialist!
At FanDuel, we are seeking a dedicated Technical Release Specialist to manage our software deployment lifecycle. This pivotal role ensures that our software releases are executed smoothly, efficiently, and with minimal risk, serving as the crucial link among our Engineering, QA, Product, and Operations teams.
Your Responsibilities:
- Establish and uphold consistent, repeatable deployment practices to enhance quality and mitigate risks.
- Implement structured workflows for releases to minimize production outages and operational disruptions.
- Act as the central communication point, aligning various departments to eliminate bottlenecks and redundant efforts.
- Streamline approval processes and release workflows to expedite the delivery of new features and updates.
- Oversee thorough testing, validation, and risk assessments to uphold customer satisfaction.
- Provide daily support for release management inquiries and requests.
- Coordinate the scope of changes, details of releases, and documentation efforts.
- Maintain clear rollback plans to ensure swift recovery from deployment issues.
- Balance competing project needs, resources, and timelines to keep releases on schedule.
- Allow Engineering teams to concentrate on development by coordinating and orchestrating release activities.

