[Remote] Senior Engineering Manager - Release Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mercury is a financial technology company that focuses on providing a seamless release engineering process for its software. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for CI/CD infrastructure, build systems, and deployment automation, ensuring operational excellence and reliability in software delivery.ResponsibilitiesLead and grow a team of four engineers focused on CI/CD infrastructure, build systems, deployment automation, and developer toolingCreate a strong culture of operational excellence, with measurable improvements to pipeline reliability, build times, and deployment confidenceOwn Mercury's release pipeline end-to-end — from pull request merge to production — ensuring it is fast, reliable, observable, and secureDrive the strategy and execution for improving build performance, test reliability, deployment safety (canaries, feature flags, rollbacks), and developer velocityPartner closely with Platform, Security, and Product Engineering teams to design and deliver systems that meet the demands of a rapidly scaling fintechEstablish and evangelize release engineering best practices across Mercury's engineering org — defining standards for deployment frequency, change failure rate, and MTTRBalance long-term platform investments with the day-to-day reliability needs of 400+ engineers shipping code every dayBuild and maintain tooling that enforces compliance checkpoints and audit trails as part of the release pipeline — without slowing teams downHire, mentor, and retain top-tier engineers; help them grow into technical leads and raise the overall bar for the teamSkills7+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years managing engineering teams in high-growth or high-availability environmentsDeep hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI) and the infrastructure that supports themStrong background in build systems (Bazel, Buck2), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)A track record of meaningfully improving release velocity and reliability — you measure what matters and use data to drive decisionsExperience operating in regulated or security-sensitive environments, ideally fintech, payments, or bankingExcellent cross-functional communication skills — you can translate between engineering depth and business impact, and you partner effectively with Security, Compliance, and Product leadersA pragmatic philosophy: you believe release infrastructure should be a force multiplier for product engineers, not a bureaucratic hurdleThe ability to attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent — you take hiring and team development seriouslyCompany OverviewMercury provides digital banking and financial tools tailored for startups and modern businesses. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://mercury.com.Company H1B SponsorshipMercury has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 14 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 8 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.