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Technical Release Manager, Retail and Marcom Engineering

Sunnyvale, CAOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • release coordination
  • DevOps
  • large-scale web platforms
  • web releases
  • Apple events
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • automation tooling
  • frontend technologies
  • CMS platforms
  • Next.js

Nice to have

  • complex releases
  • deadline-driven releases
  • cross-functional workflows
  • Jenkins
  • GitOps
  • ITIL frameworks

Role summary

Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization is seeking an experienced Technical Release Manager for the Retail and Marcom Engineering team. This role involves planning, coordinating, and executing web releases and high-profile Apple events, leveraging technical expertise with operational and project management skills. The manager will focus on delivering stable, secure, and high-quality deployments, owning release cycles, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. Key responsibilities include streamlining delivery processes and improving deployment consistency across global digital experiences using knowledge of frontend technologies, CMS platforms, Next.js, backend systems, Git workflows, and automation tooling.

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. Retail and Marcom Engineering, an IS&T team, builds and operates the systems and experiences that connect Apple's products with its customers. The team owns the technology behind both Apple's online and physical stores and drives the interactive marketing experiences and tools that keep creative operations moving. Together, those functions deliver the technology behind every product story Apple tells and every purchase a customer makes.

Description


The Marcom Engineering team is looking for an experienced Technical Release Manager. You will combine your technical expertise with operational and project management skills as you plan, coordinate, and execute regular web releases as well as high-profile Apple events. Your attention to detail and ability to manage cross-functional workflows will be key to delivering stable, secure, and high-quality deployments. You will also own release cycles as they relate to operational efficiency and our CI/CD pipelines. Leveraging your knowledge of frontend technologies, CMS platforms, Next.js, backend systems, Git workflows, and automation tooling, you will help streamline delivery processes and improve deployment consistency across global digital experience.

Minimum Qualifications


BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. 3 years experience in release coordination and DevOps for large-scale web platforms Understanding of release pipelines, branching, CI/CD automation, configuration management, testing, or risk mitigation. Experience working with Git workflows, CMS systems, and frontend deployment tooling (e.g., Next.js, Node.js, HTML/CSS).

Preferred Qualifications


Experience coordinating complex, deadline-driven releases across multiple engineering and business teams, Familiarity with CMS platform, Jenkins, GitOps, ITIL frameworks. automation technologies such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins Experience supporting high-visibility or global web releases.. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

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