Technical Release Specialist

FanDuel

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$106,000–$133,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $129,412–$186,275 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $120k versus about $158k for comparable roles.

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About FanDuel

FanDuel is a leading online sports betting and daily fantasy sports platform operating across the United States, offering sportsbook wagering, casino games, and horse racing to millions of customers.

FanDuel currently has 39 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,000–$190,000 across 39 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Technical Release Specialist

JOB TITLE: Technical Release Specialist - FanDuel Careers The Technical Release Specialist joins the Strategy & Operations team to oversee the end-to-end release lifecycle, ensuring software deployments are delivered reliably with minimal risk. This role acts as a central coordinator across engineering, QA, product, and operations to establish repeatable deployment practices, manage sandbox upkeep, and streamline approval workflows. The specialist will coordinate change scopes, maintain rollback plans, and provide day-to-day support for release inquiries. Key technical requirements include expertise in Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Einstein Chatbot, and Data Cloud, alongside experience with Copado, Git, and CI/CD pipelines. Candidates must possess programming skills in Java, Python, and JavaScript, plus knowledge of Apex, SOQL, and Visualforce. The role solves the business problem of reducing production outages while accelerating time to market for new features.

What you'll do

  • Establish and maintain consistent, repeatable deployment practices to reduce risk and improve software quality.
  • Implement structured release workflows to minimize production outages and business disruptions.
  • Oversee comprehensive testing, validation, and risk assessments to protect the customer experience.
  • Coordinate the scope of change, release details, and the generation of necessary documentation.
  • Maintain clear rollback plans to enable rapid recovery from deployment issues.
  • Plan and schedule environment refreshes and manage sandbox creation to support development and QA.
  • Define and communicate production deployment windows to minimize business impact.
  • Deliver accurate and timely insight reporting on key release metrics to stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Business Technology (preferred).
  • 4-6 years of progressive software development experience.
  • Minimum 4+ years of hands-on Salesforce deployment experience.
  • Experience managing application change delivery in an agile environment.
  • Experience with Salesforce Lightning Framework, Apex, SOQL, and Visualforce.
  • Experience with Copado, version control systems (Git), and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Python, and JavaScript.
  • Salesforce certifications (preferred).

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