Software Release Manager

Own Tailscale’s software release process through technical coordination, rollout planning, and trusted collaboration across a fully distributed company.As Release Manager, you will build release management from the ground up and coordinate how Tailscale ships products internally and to customers. You will work with engineering leads, product managers, TPMs, and support while establishing cadence, roles, tooling, and operating norms. Technical fluency in build pipelines, branching strategies, feature flags, and rollout mechanics is essential.Key Responsibilities:
Design and continuously improve release management processesDefine cadence, readiness criteria, rollouts, and go-no-go decisionsBuild tooling, templates, runbooks, and release documentationCoordinate cross-team planning to keep releases on scheduleTrack operational metrics and drive systemic improvementsRequirements:
Five-plus years in engineering operations or release managementExperience building or significantly improving release processesTechnical understanding of build and deployment pipelinesKnowledge of branching strategies and production operationsComfort creating structure from ambiguityApply release coordination, technical judgment, and operational improvement skills to help Tailscale ship confidently and efficiently.
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