Lead Software Engineer (NRT+RM)

Job description

Release Planning & Coordination Own and maintain the release calendar , ensuring alignment across engineering squads, QA, DevOps, and business teams. Coordinate release scope, timelines, and freeze periods. Facilitate release readiness reviews, Go/No‑Go meetings, and post‑release retrospectives. NRT (Non‑Regression Testing) Management Define, maintain, and optimize NRT plans, ensuring comprehensive coverage for all critical components.

Test execution (manual/automation) across all required environments. Ensure timely defect triage, prioritization, and follow‑up with engineering teams. Validate build stability before promoting to higher environments (QA/STAGE/PROD). Environment & Deployment Oversight Collaborate with DevOps to manage CI/CD pipelines and environment availability. Validate deployment packages, configuration changes, and infrastructure readiness.

Monitor deployment progress and troubleshoot issues during release windows. Maintain versioning and configuration control of all releases. Quality Governance & Compliance Ensure adherence to release policies, audit controls, and compliance requirements. Track release KPIs such as deployment success rate, NRT coverage, rollback occurrences, and defect leakage. Identify and implement process improvements to increase release reliability and reduce cycle times.

Stakeholder Communication Provide clear, concise communication about release status, risks, and impacts to all stakeholders. Publish release notes, deployment artifacts, and change logs. Act as the primary escalation point for release‑related issues.