Release Engineer

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Do you dream about leading an engineering team with the talent, passion, and financial backing to build killer, industry-changing cloud-based applications and platform?  Veeva is looking for a passionate Release Engineer to work at our Pleasanton location.  You’ll work on the Release Engineering team, which utilizes modern technologies and best practices to deliver seamless releases to all our Vault customers.

Vault is a proven, cloud-based development platform to manage documents and related data, while automating tasks and processes across the organization.  Vault applications are purpose-built using the platform to provide a single source of truth with complete visibility and increased compliance on a single cloud platform.

What You'll Do

• Plan, coordinate, and lead deployments of product releases. Ensure all changes are documented, approved, and verified
• Facilitate resolution of deployment problems with Engineering, QA, and Technical Operations
• Work cross-functionally with teams including QA, Engineering, PM, Customer Support and Operations to ensure release readiness
• Deliver releases/upgrades to SaaS instances with focus and precision
• Proactively identify, recommend, and implement software release process improvements to maximize efficiency
• Provide timely support and expertise to internal Veeva teams
• Manage the build and deployment of mobile apps

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in release engineering for an organization with complex applications
• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience with tools like Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, TestRail
• SaaS product delivery experience
• Self-starter with strong analytic and problem-solving skills and the ability to identify issues and bring them to resolution
• Experience with source code version control systems such as Git
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux and distributed computing environments
• Deep understanding of SDLC, SQA processes and agile methodology
• Project management, relationship building, organizational and communication skills
• Ability to successfully partner with all functions across the company
• Candidates must be located in the Pacific or Mountain Time zone; Local to the Bay Area preferred
• Applicants must have the unrestricted right to work in the United States. Veeva will not provide sponsorship at this time
• Excellent documentation and communication skills, as well as presentation and demo skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, RDS, EC2, and CloudFront
• Knowledge of technologies like Kubernetes, SOLR, MySQL, Nexus
• Experience in release engineering for an organization with complex applications
• Proficient with CI tools such as Jenkins
• Experience automating release and build processes
• Pharma life sciences industry experience
• Skill with Shell, Python, or Java

Perks & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program

Compensation

• Base pay: $55,000 - $125,000
• The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

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Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at talent_accommodations@veeva.com.