Wolfram
Release Engineer
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Champaign, IL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $65K
💻 Information Technology
🗓️ September 23rd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Develop and maintain the department web portal and automation systems
- Advise developers on issues related to software releases and builds
- Diagnose and resolve build and automation problems
- Research and migrate to new automation technologies
- Configure and maintain build machines across platforms
- Maintain documentation for codebase and release engineering processes
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, IT, or related STEM field required
- Experience with Linux, macOS, Windows, scripting, and multiple programming languages
- Preferred knowledge of Wolfram Language, C/C++, Python, Kotlin, Jenkins, TeamCity, Git, Apache Ant, and web technologies
- Salary for U.S.-based candidates is $65,000 per year, with comprehensive benefits including health insurance, PTO, 401(k) matching, and tuition reimbursement
Release Engineer Full Description
Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and Wolfram Language, is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Release Engineer to join our Release Engineering department. The Release Engineer will be responsible for turning ideas and prototypes into products and distributing automation systems that build products for every platform. The ideal candidate should be organized, detail oriented and willing to learn new technologies.
A clear employment verification and education verification will be required for this role.
Responsibilities
- Maintaining and developing the department web portal
- Advising developers on release-related issues
- Diagnosing build and automation issues
- Researching and migrating to new automation systems
- Optimizing automation systems to reduce product build time
- Recognizing cross-platform porting issues
- Configuring and maintaining build machines
- Maintaining the internal documentation for the RE codebase and processes
- Administrating servers
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, IT or a related STEM field
- Strong communication skills
- Programming experience in one or several programming languages and willingness to learn more
- Experience with Linux, macOS and/or Windows
- Experience with scripting
- Ability to learn new technologies and tools quickly
- Good research habits
Preferred qualifications
- Familiar with Wolfram Language
- Experience with C and C++
- Familiar with Python 2.7/3.6
- Familiar with Kotlin
- Familiar with integration tools like Jenkins and TeamCity
- Familiar with Apache Ant
- Strong experience with Git
- Familiar with CVS
- Familiar with HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Familiar with Django and jQuery
- Familiar with MariaDB and SQL
Location: Champaign, Illinois, or remote
Job type: Full time (40 hours per week)/Permanent
Reporting to: Manager of Release Engineering
Salary (for eligible candidates residing in the United States): For candidates based in the United States, the salary for this position is expected to be $65,000 per year.
Benefits (for eligible candidates residing in the United States): Medical, vision and dental insurance with partial employer contributions; a life insurance policy; an employee assistance program; a generous PTO policy based on years of service; 12 paid holidays per calendar year; a 401(k) plan with employer matching; short-term disability; long-term disability; tuition reimbursement/professional development assistance; etc.
All hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or transfer visas for applicants.
Wolfram is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at its company. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, individuals with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Wolfram is dedicated to building diverse teams and an inclusive company culture. For this reason, we are asking candidates based in the United States to voluntarily self-identify through a few demographic questions. You will be prompted to answer these questions on the next page after submitting your application. Our purpose in collecting this information is to help us assess our outreach efforts and diversity representation goals. Your responses will not be linked to your application, and neither recruiters nor hiring managers can see this information at an individual level. Your responses will not play any role in our hiring decision. Your decision to participate or not participate in this survey will have no impact on your candidacy at Wolfram.
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