Position: Release Manager
Company: EveryMatrix
Category: Product Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

Job Summary

Everymatrix Games is now looking for a Release Manager to join our team based in Kyiv or Lviv, Ukraine.
Our gaming platform is integrated to multiple external casino sites and aggregators, and we are constantly partnering with new external games studios who also require onboarding help and ongoing support.

Company Intro

EveryMatrix is a leading B2B SaaS provider delivering iGaming software, content and services. We provide casino, sports betting, platform and payments, and affiliate management to 200 customers worldwide. The company is profitable, has over EUR 100m in annual revenues, and 700 employees in offices across ten countries in Europe, Asia and the US. EveryMatrix was founded in 2008 and remains a founder-owned private company. 

Responsibilities:

- manage release implementations and calendar;
- communicate forward schedule of releases;
- coordinate efforts across teams to ensure release dependencies are accounted for in the deployment plan;
- work with development to understand impacts of branches and code merges;
- work with all stakeholders and recommend process improvements designed to further mature release management capabilities and improve overall results;
- coordinate release activities and games development stages with external Partner Studios Ensures all release documentations is completed per defined guidelines and standards.

Skills And Qualifications:

- commitment to collaborative problem solving, commitment to this challenging and important position, and dedication to company culture is required;
- understanding and knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (abbreviated to CD/CI) pipelines / Jenkins / Rancher;
- project management and risk management experience;
expertise in programming languages like Javascript and Software Development Lifecycle;
- understand traditional methodologies like agile, including Scrum, or Kanban;
- understanding of application infrastructure, system architecture, operating systems, and software development;
- fine communication and negotiation skills;
- excellent communication skills in English;
- must know presentation and must be a detailed orientation;
- analytical skills to tackle any problem;
- time management skills to deliver the project on time; 
- qualifications include B.Tech in Computer Science or an equivalent degree would be a plus.

Work Life Balance:
- 22 paid leave days and two extra paid leave days per year for every year up to 32 days (working days) in addition to the public holidays;
- 10 sick leave days per year (without a doctor’s note);
medical leave: up to 30 days per year, documented with medical certificate;
- if return to work soon after having child, 1 year 100% WFH for mothers;
- WFH after child is born – for fathers: 13 weeks of 100% WFH (from the day of the birth of the child);
maternity leave – 21 weeks.

Benefits and Office perks:
- daily catered lunch or lunch allowance;
- private Medical insurance;
- gym membership;
- fruits Friday;
- access to online learning platforms Udemy for Business and O’Reilly and budget for external training;
- massage at work;
- frequent Friday-bar parties, annual whole-company parties (have previously rented our own planes to get everyone together!);
- fun corner: ping pong table, Xbox, lots of board games.