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Req #
WD00098488
Career area:
Hardware Engineering
Country/Region:
United States of America
State:
Illinois
City:
Chicago
Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Working time:
Full-time
Additional Locations:
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
Why Work at Lenovo
We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.
Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.
Description and Requirements
About Our Team
We are looking for a Senior Release Engineer with experience managing CI/CD systems, delivering automated build pipelines and handling cross-platform release packaging. This role will ensure timely delivery across Windows, Android and embedded platforms. We recently introduced Qira, our new cross-device Personal AI that works seamlessly across Lenovo and Motorola products. More information can be found here: [1] https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-unveils-lenovo-and-motorola-qira/
Location: Chicago, IL, Hybrid (3 days onsite and 2 days remote)
Key Responsibilities
- Manage release pipelines across Windows, Android, and embedded platforms.
- Coordinate build, packaging, signing, and deployment workflows to ensure consistent, repeatable releases.
- Oversee CI/CD automation, including continuous integration, daily builds, artifact generation, and release validation.
- Partner with development, QA, DevOps, and product teams to define release criteria, timelines, and readiness checkpoints.
- Ensure proper versioning, branching, tagging, and artifact management across all release streams.
- Monitor build health, triage failures, and drive resolution of release-blocking issues.
- Maintain release documentation, change logs, and compliance artifacts for audit and traceability.
- Support cross-platform productization, including installer creation, OTA packaging, and platform-specific delivery workflows.
- Improve release processes through automation, tooling enhancements, and workflow optimization.
- Coordinate release approvals, sign-offs, and communication across global teams.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 7+ yrs of Experience handling CI/CD systems with Jenkins, GitHub Actions or equivalent.
- 5+ yrs of Experience handling cross-platform release engineering across Windows, Android, Linux, and embedded systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ yrs of Experience handling cross-platform release engineering across Windows, Android, Linux, and embedded systems.
- Strong Experience working on mobile-to-web application engineering.
- Experience with build orchestration, automated packaging, signing workflows, and artifact distribution at an enterprise scale.
- Experience productizing software for consumer devices or large-scale enterprise deployments.
- Experience in containerized build environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with Jira and Linear for release tracking and reporting.
- Strong working knowledge of integration workflows and smoke testing.
- Strong troubleshooting skills, able to work across build systems, pipelines, and platform-specific release issues.
- Experience documenting, communicating, and escalating issues in a timely way.
- Cultural Competency working across Chinese, Desi, American, European, and South American cultural contexts, ensuring messages are communicated with clarity and tact.
- Experience supporting development of LLM-based or Agentic AI systems a plus.
- Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field is a plus.
The base salary budgeted range for this position is $170-190k. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. This position operates on a hybrid schedule to our Chicago, IL location and is onsite 3 days per week.
Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.
In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is August 14, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
Additional Locations:
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
United States of America
United States of America - Illinois
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
General Information
Req #
WD00098488
Career area:
Hardware Engineering
Country/Region:
United States of America
State:
Illinois
City:
Chicago
Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Working time:
Full-time
Additional Locations:
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
Why Work at Lenovo
We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.
Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.
Description and Requirements
About Our Team
We are looking for a Senior Release Engineer with experience managing CI/CD systems, delivering automated build pipelines and handling cross-platform release packaging. This role will ensure timely delivery across Windows, Android and embedded platforms. We recently introduced Qira, our new cross-device Personal AI that works seamlessly across Lenovo and Motorola products. More information can be found here: [1] https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-unveils-lenovo-and-motorola-qira/
Location: Chicago, IL, Hybrid (3 days onsite and 2 days remote)
Key Responsibilities
- Manage release pipelines across Windows, Android, and embedded platforms.
- Coordinate build, packaging, signing, and deployment workflows to ensure consistent, repeatable releases.
- Oversee CI/CD automation, including continuous integration, daily builds, artifact generation, and release validation.
- Partner with development, QA, DevOps, and product teams to define release criteria, timelines, and readiness checkpoints.
- Ensure proper versioning, branching, tagging, and artifact management across all release streams.
- Monitor build health, triage failures, and drive resolution of release-blocking issues.
- Maintain release documentation, change logs, and compliance artifacts for audit and traceability.
- Support cross-platform productization, including installer creation, OTA packaging, and platform-specific delivery workflows.
- Improve release processes through automation, tooling enhancements, and workflow optimization.
- Coordinate release approvals, sign-offs, and communication across global teams.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 7+ yrs of Experience handling CI/CD systems with Jenkins, GitHub Actions or equivalent.
- 5+ yrs of Experience handling cross-platform release engineering across Windows, Android, Linux, and embedded systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ yrs of Experience handling cross-platform release engineering across Windows, Android, Linux, and embedded systems.
- Strong Experience working on mobile-to-web application engineering.
- Experience with build orchestration, automated packaging, signing workflows, and artifact distribution at an enterprise scale.
- Experience productizing software for consumer devices or large-scale enterprise deployments.
- Experience in containerized build environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with Jira and Linear for release tracking and reporting.
- Strong working knowledge of integration workflows and smoke testing.
- Strong troubleshooting skills, able to work across build systems, pipelines, and platform-specific release issues.
- Experience documenting, communicating, and escalating issues in a timely way.
- Cultural Competency working across Chinese, Desi, American, European, and South American cultural contexts, ensuring messages are communicated with clarity and tact.
- Experience supporting development of LLM-based or Agentic AI systems a plus.
- Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field is a plus.
The base salary budgeted range for this position is $170-190k. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. This position operates on a hybrid schedule to our Chicago, IL location and is onsite 3 days per week.
Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.
In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is August 14, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
Additional Locations:
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
United States of America
United States of America - Illinois
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Release Engineer
Verify your role meets specialty occupation
Release Engineer duties vary widely. Check the O*NET profile for this occupation to confirm your job description aligns with the bachelor's-degree requirement USCIS uses to approve specialty occupation status. A mismatch between your actual duties and the LCA job description is a common RFE trigger.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your specific job location and SOC code before accepting an offer. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above that level, so knowing the floor helps you negotiate without creating a compliance problem.
Target employers with CI/CD pipeline roles
Focus on companies that run dedicated release engineering teams separate from general DevOps. These employers have established H-1B filing workflows and are more likely to have in-house counsel or a retained immigration firm, which shortens the timeline from offer to petition filing.
Search verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Filter by Release Engineer or related SOC codes on Migrate Mate to find employers with confirmed LCA filing history for this role. That filing history signals the company has already navigated the specialty occupation classification, reducing the risk of an RFE on your petition.
Clarify cap-exempt status with your employer
If you're moving from OPT or another H-1B, confirm whether your new employer is cap-exempt. Universities and qualifying nonprofits can file outside the lottery window, letting you start immediately. Cap-exempt filings also avoid the March registration deadline entirely.
Secure premium processing before your OPT expires
If you're transitioning from OPT, ask your employer to elect premium processing so USCIS adjudicates within 15 business days. Standard processing can run several months, and you need an approved petition or a cap-gap extension in place before your EAD expires to maintain work authorization.
H-1B Visa Release Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Release Engineer role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, Release Engineer is a specialty occupation under USCIS criteria because the role typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. Your employer's LCA must describe duties that genuinely require that degree level. If your job description is written too broadly, USCIS may issue an RFE challenging the specialty occupation classification, so precision in the LCA matters.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Release Engineers?
Software companies, fintech firms, cloud infrastructure providers, and large enterprise technology teams regularly sponsor H-1B visas for Release Engineers. The clearest signal is confirmed LCA filing history for this specific role and location. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with that verified DOL filing history, so you can focus your applications on companies that have already sponsored candidates in this occupation.
Can I use STEM OPT work authorization while waiting for H-1B approval?
Yes, if you're on a 24-month STEM OPT extension and your employer files your H-1B petition before your OPT expires, the cap-gap rule extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify for the cap-gap extension to apply. Confirm E-Verify enrollment before your offer letter is signed.
How does the H-1B lottery affect Release Engineer job timelines?
USCIS runs H-1B registration each March, with selected petitions filed by June and an October 1 start date. If you aren't selected, you can be registered again the following year or explore cap-exempt employers. Because Release Engineer demand is high in software and tech, some candidates pursue L-1 visa or O-1 visa alternatives while waiting, though those require different employer structures or extraordinary-ability evidence.
What SOC code applies to Release Engineer H-1B petitions?
Release Engineers are most commonly classified under SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers) or 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators), depending on the role's actual duties. The SOC code your employer selects on the LCA determines the prevailing wage level USCIS and DOL will use, so it needs to match your day-to-day responsibilities accurately. Review the O*NET profile for each code to confirm alignment.