Release Engineer (Sofia, Bulgaria)

About the company

Velexa is one of the leaders in the Wealthtech industry, ranked for 3 consecutive years among a young and ambitious WealthTech company. Velexa was recently shortlisted among the world's leading Top 100 WealthTech companies by Fintech Global. The company empowers financial institutions to capitalize on the demand for modern and ubiquitous investing solutions by new-generation investors. Velexas B2B2X investing platform as a service caters for various business models and offers the choice from a full set of front-end channels, brokerage & wealth platform and even post trading as a Service https://velexa.com/

About the role

If you are passionate about release management and are looking for an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with cutting-edge Wealth management technology, we encourage you to apply for this position. Our Global Velexa's Technology team serves SaaS customers in different time zones and geographies. 

A Release Engineer is member of Velexa's Technology team responsible for coordinating and overseeing the deployment of software releases across multiple environments. They work closely with Product teams, QA department, and various stakeholders, including end customers, to ensure that all releases are seamlessly deployed and meet Velexa's release management standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the entire release process, from planning to deployment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that release requirements are met
• Create and maintain release documentation, including release notes, technical documentation, and help files
• Develop and maintain build automation processes
• Implement and manage configuration management processes
• Monitor application performance and identify issues that may arise during release
• Collaborate with other internal and external teams to optimize and streamline the release process
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in release management and automation

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2+ years of experience in release engineering or related field
• Strong understanding of software development processes and methodologies
• Experience with build automation tools such as Jenkins or TeamCity
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef or Puppet
• Experience with cloud services (Azure, AWS, GCP) is a big advantage
• Experience with trading and/or wealth management domain is an advantage
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Proven ability to manage complex release cycles across multiple environments
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; Good command of English

We Offer:

• Opportunity to excel in the fast-growing WealthTech company, the leader in capital markets
• Competitive salary & performance-based bonus programs
• Corporate benefits (choose your preferred options)
• Truly inspiring culture, pleasant and informal work environment
• Ongoing education & training programs