Release Manager

Cary · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026

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Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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Epic Games is seeking a quality-focused Senior Release Manager to oversee the build and release process for the Fortnite Ecosystem.
In this position, you will work directly with technical minds to build a premier game engine for multiple platforms and manage a sub-team of release managers.

Develop new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across our Game Dev ecosystem, while managing a sub-team of release managers
Own the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
Act as the liaison between multiple development teams, coordinating and negotiating development plans, exceptions, sales/mktg/publishing content, as well as releases
Work with the publishing and development teams to determine release content plans as related to sales, giveaways, promotions, etc., and shepherd that content through external party approvals for release
Work closely with QA, Build Engineers, and Lead Programmers to monitor the automated build and integration process, facilitate the resolution of build failures, and understand and communicate the impact of branches and code merges
Partner with QA Leads to establish and maintain the bug triage process and prioritize must-fix issues, coordinate internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates, and ensure releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment, while communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties

Strong production/project management skills, communication skills, and people management/direct report experience
Demonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement
Experience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product
Familiar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana, AirTable
Exposure to platform certification processes
Technical orientation and a strong understanding of software development
Knowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles

Medical, Dental, and Vision HRA coverage with 100% of premiums paid for employee and dependents
Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
401k with competitive match
Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health providing free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
Company-wide paid breaks
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Paid sabbatical for 7 years of employment