Job Description
Role Purpose As Senior Engineer
- Implementation Release Management at Accelya, you will lead release management, owning the release lifecycle end-to-end, managing complex and high-risk deployments and continuously improving release processes to increase velocity and reduce risk. Duties & Responsibilities
• Lead the release lifecycle for complex, high-risk platform releases, managing multiple workstreams and coordinating cross-functional teams through to successful deployment
• Own the change management framework, governing all changes to the airline platform and ensuring compliance with change management policies
• Design and optimise CI/CD pipeline workflows, implementing automation to improve release velocity and reduce deployment risk
• Use AI-powered release analytics and generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT or equivalent) to improve release planning, risk assessment and post-release reporting
• Lead release post-mortems, identifying root causes of release incidents and driving lasting process improvements
• Mentor junior release engineers, building capability in CI/CD, change management and release governance
• Act as the primary point of contact for release management during high-priority deployments and major releases Required Experience & Skills
• 57 years of release management experience, including leading complex release programmes
• Expert knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and progressive delivery techniques




• Deep understanding of change management governance and release risk management
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field; ITIL certification preferred Preferred Experience & Skills
• Strong experience with AI-enhanced CI/CD platforms and intelligent deployment tools for predictive release risk assessment
• Expertise in progressive delivery techniques (canary, blue-green, feature flags) and how AI analytics improve deployment safety
• Use of generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT or equivalent) for high-quality release documentation, change impact analysis and executive release communications
• Knowledge of how AI is transforming release engineering, including autonomous deployment validation, AI-powered rollback decisions and intelligent change risk scoring What do

we offer
?
• An open culture with a creative and challenging opportunity to satisfy your intellectual needs
• Adaptable

working hours
• Smart working: a hybrid remote/office working environment
• Work-life balance
• An excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment to work in About Accelya Accelya is a leading global software provider to the airline industry, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular software platform. Owned by Vista Equity Partners, we bring together 2,000+ employees across 10 global offices. We are proud partners of AWS and pioneers in NDC expertise. Find out more at www.accelya.com

📌 Senior Engineer-Release Management (Pune)
🏢 Accelya
📍 Pune