Release Manager

Location: Remote in Canada; Canada and the United States are listed as other locations

Base salary: CAD 242,540–302,840 per year

Company

hirify.global develops secure networking software that interconnects people and devices, helping individuals and organizations protect networks and access internal tools.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and continuously improve release management, including cadence, readiness criteria, rollout coordination, and go/no-go decisions.
• Build and maintain tooling, templates, runbooks, and documentation for repeatable, low-friction releases.
• Partner with engineering leads, product managers, TPMs, and support to identify risks early and coordinate resolution.
• Define and track operational metrics such as release frequency and change failure rate.
• Facilitate cross-team planning rituals and keep engineering and product coordinated and releases on schedule.
• Drive systemic operational improvements using data and judgment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in engineering operations, release management, or a closely related role at a software company.
• Direct experience building or significantly improving release management processes.
• Technical fluency in build systems, deployment pipelines, branching strategies, and production operations.
• Strong judgment about which processes add value, with a focus on trust and adoption rather than overhead.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to build structure from scratch.

Nice to have

• Experience releasing both client and server software.
• Experience in developer tools, infrastructure, or security-focused SaaS.
• Familiarity with DORA metrics and using them to drive improvement.
• Experience with feature flags, progressive rollouts, or canary deployments.
• Experience scaling operational practices during rapid team or product growth.
• Hands-on experience with hirify.global at work or home.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, inclusive, remote-first environment with virtual and in-person collaboration.
• Base salary, equity incentive plan, variable commission for quota-based roles, and comprehensive health, vision, and dental benefits.
• Employer-funded retirement contributions matching employee contributions up to 0.75% of eligible compensation.
• Annual company retreat, team off-sites, and distributed collaboration across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.
• Paid time off, parental leave, professional development support of $1,500 USD annually, home internet reimbursement, and a $500 USD home-office allowance.