Senior Software Release Engineer

General Dynamics

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Sudbury, MA
Salary: $126,862–$137,269 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k

This role $132k

$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays less than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$202,486 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $132k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1026 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Release Engineer

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The Senior Software Release Engineer joins the engineering team to design and build a disciplined release process for software products. This role focuses on transforming manual steps into a reliable, automated engineering capability by developing CI/CD workflows, establishing versioning conventions, and managing artifact handling across development, staging, and production environments. The engineer will partner with software and AI teams to integrate automated unit, integration, regression, and security testing into delivery pipelines while ensuring traceability for auditability and rollback safety. Key technical skills include experience with Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps, along with familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, and containerized delivery. The role addresses the critical need for dependable software delivery in a defense environment where release confidence, consistent quality gates, and clear documentation are essential for secure operations.

Skills

CI/CD Git Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI Azure DevOps Terraform CloudFormation Artifact Management Release Engineering Security Testing Infrastructure as Code

What you'll do

Design and build the release process for software products across development, staging, and production environments.
Develop and improve CI/CD workflows to ensure releases are repeatable, observable, and low-risk.
Integrate automated unit, integration, regression, and security testing into delivery pipelines.
Establish quality gates and standards for test coverage and release readiness.
Maintain traceability of software versions, changes, and validations across all environments.
Create detailed release records to support troubleshooting, auditability, and informed decision-making.
Build and validate automated rollback procedures to ensure quick recovery during failed deployments.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field with 8 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 6 years of experience.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
Experience building, operating, or improving CI/CD pipelines for production software.
Experience with release engineering practices including versioning, artifact management, and rollback planning.
Experience implementing automated testing in CI/CD pipelines including unit, integration, regression, and security testing.
Proficiency with source control and CI/CD platforms such as Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
Strong documentation skills and cross-functional communication skills.
Experience supporting AI-enabled or data-intensive software systems (preferred).
Experience in defense, aerospace, or other regulated environments (preferred).
Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation (preferred).
Experience with containerized delivery, registries, and orchestration platforms (preferred).
Experience maturing release engineering and quality practices across multiple teams (preferred).

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