Technical Release Specialist
The Technical Release Specialist 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 standardised processes that improve release quality and accelerate time to market.
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.
FanDuel requires the specialist to manage the coordination and orchestration of release activities, allowing engineering teams to focus on development. The role involves planning and scheduling environment refreshes, managing sandbox creation, and defining production deployment windows to minimise business impact.
- 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.
- Define and communicate production deployment windows to minimise business impact and ensure smooth release execution.
- Train and educate engineers and stakeholders on release management.
- Deliver accurate and timely insight reporting in-line with key release related metrics to stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field (required).
- Master's degree preferred in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Business Technology (preferred).
- 4-6 years of progressive software development experience (required).
- Minimum 4+ years of hands-on Salesforce deployment experience (required).
- Experience managing the delivery of application change in an agile environment (required).
- Experience with Salesforce Lightning Framework, Apex, SOQL, and Visualforce (required).
- Proven track record implementing complex Salesforce solutions and integrations (required).
- Experience of planning, scheduling, and implementing releases in a demanding, fast-paced environment requiring a high degree of deadline-driven productivity (required).
- Deep understanding of Salesforce security models, sharing rules, and governance (required).
- Strong experience in Copado (required).
- Strong programming skills in multiple languages (Java, Python, JavaScript) (required).
- Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (required).
- Proven ability to think and move quickly, managing difficult trade-offs to meet deadlines (required).
- Salesforce certifications (preferred).
- Health plans including programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
- Generous paid time off (PTO) and sick leave.
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance).
- 401k with up to a 5% match.
- Commuter benefits.
- Pet insurance.
- 14 paid company holidays.
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including cash bonuses and stock program participation.
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).