Software Development Engineer - Release Engineering

Location: Hybrid, with 2 days per week in the office; office base in Brentwood or Osterley, UK. Appropriate right to work in the UK is required. hirify.global does not offer sponsorship for this position.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company delivering broadband, broadcast, streaming, mobile, and connected-device products and services.

What you will do

• Plan, coordinate, and execute software releases across broadband and entertainment devices.
• Own release schedules, deployment plans, readiness reviews, and go/no-go decision support.
• Confirm quality, testing, compliance, and deployment criteria before production releases.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, Product, and Operations on objectives, dependencies, and delivery plans.
• Monitor build health, release metrics, and deployment outcomes while identifying and mitigating risks.
• Communicate release status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans to stakeholders and leadership.

Requirements

• Significant hands-on experience in release engineering, release management, DevOps, or software delivery.
• Experience managing large-scale releases across multiple products, platforms, and stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, Agile delivery, release governance, deployment strategies, and operational excellence.
• Practical CI/CD and automation experience with Jenkins and Git-based workflows, including Git, Gerrit, or SVN.
• Strong Linux and scripting skills using Python, Bash, or Shell, plus software development experience in C or C++.
• Strong analytical, organisational, problem-solving, communication, release metrics, and risk-management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with broadband, video, set-top box, embedded-device, or RDK environments.
• Experience improving CI/CD pipelines, build management, and deployment automation.
• Experience evaluating tools, plugins, and processes that improve release efficiency and quality.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working approach with flexibility over where and how work is performed.
• Free hirify.global TV package, including hirify.global Sports and hirify.global Cinema.
• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution.
• Private healthcare with mental health support, digital GP, and dental insurance.
• Discounts on hirify.global products, Sharesave, Tech schemes, and hirify.global VIP rewards.