Software Engineering
Release Engineer
LocationMenlo Park, CA
Facebook is seeking an experienced Release Engineer to join the Engineering team. The position is full-time and is based in our Menlo Park office.
Release Engineering plays an integral role in implementing and executing product release processes. The role supports Facebook's engineering by managing the source code management system, automating builds and regression testing, building tools and monitoring used in software deployments, and coordinating and pushing new releases to the production infrastructure. The Release Engineering team ensures that new software is released in a streamlined manner from development to production. The team establishes procedures and develops tools that are used by both the Engineering and Operations teams. As a Release Engineer you'll use your strong technical ability to drive product releases across many different systems and teams. You'll work hard to ensure that Facebook's products are delivered with a repeatable and scalable process.
Release Engineering plays an integral role in implementing and executing product release processes. The role supports Facebook's engineering by managing the source code management system, automating builds and regression testing, building tools and monitoring used in software deployments, and coordinating and pushing new releases to the production infrastructure. The Release Engineering team ensures that new software is released in a streamlined manner from development to production. The team establishes procedures and develops tools that are used by both the Engineering and Operations teams. As a Release Engineer you'll use your strong technical ability to drive product releases across many different systems and teams. You'll work hard to ensure that Facebook's products are delivered with a repeatable and scalable process.
Responsibilities
- Support and improve our tools for continuous build, automated testing and release management
- Own, manage and improve our release process. Focus on scale and efficiency
- Build and maintain tools needed during release pushes
- Drive iOS and Android app releases
Requirements
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- At least 2 years experience in software engineering, release engineering, and/or configuration management
- Strong familiarity with software configuration management systems and/or source code version control systems, Subversion and Git experience highly desired
- Extensive knowledge of Unix/Linux
- Skill with one or more scripting languages, PHP and Python experience highly desired
- Experience with build management tools
- Experience automating release and build processes
