Founded in 2014, League is the leading healthcare consumer experience (CX) platform, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), reaching more than 63 million people around the world and delivering the highest level of personalization in the industry. Payers, providers, and consumer health partners build on League’s platform to deliver high-engagement healthcare solutions proven to improve health outcomes. League has raised over $285 million in venture capital funding to date, powering the digital experiences for some of healthcare’s most trusted brands, including Highmark Health, Manulife, Medibank, and Shoppers Drug Mart.
Position Summary
League is seeking a Build & Release Engineer to join our team. This role sits at the intersection of CI/CD infrastructure, release automation, and developer experience, with a strong emphasis on leveraging AI to scale engineering systems and workflows.
You will own and evolve the systems that power how software is built, tested, and released across League’s platform spanning web, mobile (iOS/Android), and backend services. You will design reliable, scalable, and AI-augmented build and release pipelines that enable teams to ship faster with confidence.
This role combines hands-on engineering, operational excellence, and AI-driven innovation to improve delivery velocity, reliability, and developer productivity across the organization.
In this role, you will:
Build & Release Systems- Design, maintain, and evolve automated build, packaging, and release workflows across web, backend, and mobile platforms
- Own the end-to-end release lifecycle, including versioning, promotion, rollback, and hotfix strategies
- Ensure high reliability and uptime of CI/CD systems through monitoring, alerting, and incident response
- Support engineering teams in landing critical releases and resolving build or deployment issues
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using modern tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, self-hosted runners)
- Improve build performance, cost efficiency, and execution times across pipelines
- Manage and evolve containerized build environments (Docker) and Kubernetes-based infrastructure
- Implement infrastructure-as-code practices (e.g., Terraform) for reproducible build environments
- Design and implement AI-assisted workflows to:
- Automate release validation, failure triage, and incident analysis
- Optimize pipeline performance and identify bottlenecks
- Generate and maintain build scripts, configs, and test scaffolding
- Build AI-powered tooling (agents, bots, or copilots) to support:
- Release orchestration
- Developer self-service workflows
- CI/CD diagnostics and recommendations
- Integrate AI into developer workflows to reduce manual effort and improve productivity
- Continuously evaluate and adopt new AI tools and patterns to evolve League’s delivery capabilities
- Build and maintain internal tools, dashboards, and CLI utilities to improve developer workflows
- Enhance observability of build and release systems (logs, metrics, alerts)
- Create and maintain documentation and self-service tooling for engineering teams
- Partner with developers to understand friction points and improve release experience at scale
- Implement and maintain secure build and release practices, including:
- Certificate management
- Secrets management
- Compliance with platform and security standards
- Partner with Security and Platform teams to ensure safe and compliant releases
- Improve reliability through incident management, postmortems, and continuous improvement loops
About You:
- 3+ years experience in build/release engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering
- Strong experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins)
- Proficiency with cloud platforms (GCP preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable)
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Go, Python, Java, or similar)
At League, we are an AI-native organization. We expect all employees regardless of role or level to thoughtfully leverage AI to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work.
What this means in practice:
- Use AI tools as part of your daily workflow to enhance productivity, problem-solving, and decision-making (e.g., drafting, analysis, coding, research, or process automation)
- Apply judgment and accountability when using AI by reviewing outputs for accuracy, bias, and quality before use
- Continuously learn and adapt as new AI tools and capabilities emerge, incorporating them into your ways of working
- Identify opportunities to improve how work gets done from personal productivity to team-level workflows by leveraging AI effectively
- Operate with strong data responsibility and security awareness, especially when working with sensitive or regulated information
- Individual Contributors: Use AI to improve personal productivity and quality of output
- Senior ICs / Managers: Integrate AI into team workflows and improve processes
- Leaders: Drive AI adoption at the organizational level and shape how work is done across teams
- Demonstrated experience using AI tools in a practical, responsible way
- Curiosity and openness to experimenting with new technologies
- Ability to balance efficiency with quality and sound judgment
What We Offer
- Comprehensive Health Benefits: We prioritize your well-being with complete medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Bonus Program: Be rewarded for your contributions with our performance-based bonus program
- Employee Stock Option Program: Become an owner and share in our success through our stock option program
- Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Spending Accounts: Manage your healthcare and dependent care expenses with tax-advantaged spending accounts
- Wellness Days: Prioritize your mental and physical health with dedicated wellness days throughout the year
- Growth Opportunities: We invest in your future with abundant opportunities for professional development and advancement
- Mentorship Program: Benefit from guidance and support from experienced leaders in your field
- Flexible Ways of Working: Enjoy the freedom to work in a way that suits your life and boosts your productivity
The Application Process:
We believe applying for a job should be straightforward and transparent. Here’s what to expect:
- Submit Your Application: You’ll receive a confirmation email right away.
- Intro sessions: Learn more about our culture, get alignment on your compensation expectation prior to committing to next steps
- Take-home assessment
- Meet the Engineering Team: Dive into technical discussions and learn how you can make an impact at League.
- Final Steps: Meet our cross-functional team and the hiring managers and share experiences on collaboration
- Offer and onboarding!
We value your time and effort—our team is committed to providing updates throughout the process.
Security-related Responsibilities
- Compliance with Information Security Policies
- Compliance with League’s secure coding practice
- Responsibility and accountability for executing League's policies and procedures
- Notification of HR, Legal, Compliance & Security of any incidents, breaches or policy violations
CANADA APPLICANTS ONLY: The Canada-specific compensation range below for this full-time position is exclusive of bonus, equity and benefits. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for base salaries for the position across all Canadian locations. The salary range is intentional to account for the performance and career progressions a Leaguer will experience in the role throughout their time at League. Where in the band you may land is determined by job-related skills/experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range specific to your skills and experience during the hiring process.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you are an individual in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].
- You should receive a confirmation email after submitting your application.
- A recruiter (not a computer) reviews all applications at League.
- If we see alignment with League's needs, a recruiter will reach out to learn more about your goals. The recruiter will also share the team-specific interview process depending on the roles you are exploring.
- The final step is an offer, which we hope you will accept!
- Prior to joining us, we conduct reference and background checks. Additional checks could be required for US Candidates, depending on the role you are exploring.
- Learn about our platform, leadership team and partners
- Highmark Health, Google Cloud, League: new digital front door to seamless care
- Former Providence President and Workday EVP of Corporate Strategy join League Board of Directors
- League raises $95 million USD in Series C to build world’s leading healthcare CX platform
- Forbes x League: The Platformization Of Healthcare Is Here
- Fast Company x League: If we want better innovations in healthtech, we need more competition
Work Location:
We have a mix of office-centric roles based in our vibrant Toronto office, and remote-eligible roles based anywhere in Canada or US. Each job posting will indicate where the role will be based. Regardless of the role’s posted location, all Toronto-area Leaguers (living within 65 km of our downtown HQ) collaborate in-office Monday through Thursday. Depending on your distance to the office, you’ll enjoy 10 or 20 Flexible Remote Days each quarter for focus and deep-work time. We are committed to fostering a meaningful work environment and connections for all Leaguers regardless of location.
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