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Principal Software Engineer - Release Engineering

India, Hyderabad · Job Posted January 03, 2026
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Job Description

We're seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead our release engineering efforts. In this role, you'll architect and build the systems that enable our engineering teams to ship software reliably and efficiently. You'll drive technical strategy, mentor engineers, and establish best practices that scale across the organization.

Job Responsibility

  • Design and implement scalable release automation systems, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment infrastructure
  • Lead the technical roadmap for release engineering, making architectural decisions that impact the entire engineering organization
  • Build tooling and frameworks that improve developer productivity, deployment velocity, and system reliability
  • Establish release processes and standards that ensure safe, frequent deployments to production
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate release automation into their workflows
  • Monitor and optimize build times, test execution, and deployment performance
  • Design rollback strategies, feature flagging systems, and progressive delivery mechanisms
  • Mentor and guide engineers across teams on release engineering best practices
  • Drive incident response and post-mortem processes for release-related issues
  • Evaluate and integrate third-party tools and services into the release pipeline
  • Create visibility into release metrics, deployment frequency, and change failure rates
  • Develop new skills within the team through coaching and delegation
  • Identify and feed back areas of improvement and strengths and being knowledgeable about the team
  • Encourage others to partake in technical discussions and increasing team inquisitiveness
  • Advise and encourage both on the job development and external development opportunities
  • Explain, demonstrate and engage fellow team members in ‘doing the right thing’ guided by the values of Matillion

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years focused on release engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure
  • Elite expertise in CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.)
  • Elite programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, or Bash for automation
  • Strong experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git workflows and branching strategies
  • Track record of building and scaling release infrastructure at high-growth companies
  • Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to influence technical decisions across teams

Nice to have

  • Experience with build systems such as Gradle, Maven
  • Knowledge of security practices in release pipelines (signing, scanning, compliance)
  • Familiarity with observability tools and practices
  • Background in distributed systems and microservices architectures
  • Contributions to open-source Release Engineering tools
  • Prior experience in a Principal or Senior Staff Engineer role

What we offer

  • Company Equity
  • 27 days paid time off
  • 12 days of Company Holiday
  • 5 days paid volunteering leave
  • Group Mediclaim (GMC)
  • Enhanced parental leave policies
  • MacBook Pro
  • Access to various tools to aid your career development
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