About This Role
Release management and stabilization processes across the Fortnite Ecosystem are the core of this role, which also involves managing a sub-team of release managers. This position suits a quality-focused Senior Release Manager who will work closely with producers, programmers, build engineers, and QA teams to oversee the build and release process.
Responsibilities
- Develop new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across the Game Dev ecosystem, while managing a sub-team of release managers
- Own the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
- Act as the liaison between multiple development teams, coordinating and negotiating development plans, exceptions, sales/marketing/publishing content, as well as releases
- Work with the publishing and development teams to determine release content plans as related to sales, giveaways, promotions, etc., and shepherd that content through external party approvals for release
- Work closely with QA, Build Engineers, and Lead Programmers to monitor the automated build and integration process, facilitate the resolution of build failures, and understand and communicate the impact of branches and code merges
- Partner with QA Leads to establish and maintain the bug triage process and prioritize must-fix issues, coordinate internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates, and ensure releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment, while communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties
Requirements
- Strong production/project management skills, communication skills, and people management/direct report experience
- Demonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement
- Experience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product
- Familiar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana, AirTable
- Exposure to platform certification processes
- Technical orientation and a strong understanding of software development
- Knowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles
Benefits
- 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents covered for Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance
- 401k with competitive match
- Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
- Company-wide paid breaks
- Unlimited PTO and sick time
- Paid sabbatical for 7 years of employment
About the Company
Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company that has been making award-winning games and engine technology for over 30 years. Its Unreal Engine technology provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences and is also embraced by content creators across various industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design.
