Salesforce Release Engineer (Copado)

Salesforce Release Engineer (Copado)

Job Type: Contract (12+ months)

Location: San Jose, CA

Work Setting: Remote (5 days a week (CA/Pacific time-zone))

Rate: $70 - $75 per hour based upon experience

Position Summary

Unison Systems is looking for a skilled Salesforce Release Engineer (Copado) for our client located in San Jose, CA. This role takes full ownership of releases and deployments in Salesforce, managing the end-to-end release lifecycle across multiple environments. Sitting at the intersection of development, QA, and business stakeholders, this highly visible position calls for someone equally comfortable owning the technical pipeline and coordinating the people and timelines around each release. This is a long-term contract with the possibility of converting to full time in the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the end-to-end Salesforce release and deployment process across all environments.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Copado and Azure DevOps.
• Define and manage sandbox and environment strategy, including refresh cycles and data seeding.
• Oversee version control, branching, and merge strategy in Git, resolving conflicts as they arise.
• Coordinate release schedules, cutover plans, and go-live activities with developers, admins, and business stakeholders.
• Track and communicate release status, risks, and dependencies to project leadership.
• Support off-hour release schedules and work core PST hours to align with the team.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on Salesforce experience, including metadata, change sets, and platform deployment concepts.
• Copado experience, including pipelines, user stories, and automated deployments.
• Azure DevOps experience, including boards, repos, and release pipelines.
• Git proficiency, including branching, merging, and conflict resolution.
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills, a management mindset, self-motivation, a proactive approach, the ability to lead, and strong attention to detail.
• Willingness to work PST hours and support an off-hour release schedule.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• CI/CD and release automation best practices.
• Sandbox and environment management.
• Salesforce DevOps tooling such as SFDX, Salesforce CLI, or equivalent.
• Agile/Scrum delivery experience.

How to Apply

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About Unison Systems

Unison Systems is a national IT & Engineering Services firm that delivers secure, innovative technology solutions and resources for our clients ranging from the Fortune 500 to the U.S. Navy. We bring together the strongest talent and tools in the business to solve complex problems and build solutions that make a measurable impact. At Unison, we invest in our people, foster a collaborative culture, and give our team the opportunity to learn and grow their careers. Unison is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.