Release Engineer

India - Hyderabad on site Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted February 24, 2026 Last posted February 24, 2026
Job description
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.
 
Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Veeva Systems is looking for a Release Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Hyderabad. The ideal candidate will be highly technical, motivated, and efficient.

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
  • 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

  • Health insurance with generous coverage limits
  • Fixed cash bonus
  • Allowance for wellness & fitness programs
  • Winter break
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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.
About this role

Summary

Manage release processes, coordinate deployments, and improve release efficiency for SaaS applications.

Job title

Release Engineer

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

India - Hyderabad, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

JiraConfluenceJenkinsGitUnix/LinuxSDLCagile methodologyproject managementcommunication

Preferred skills

AWS S3AWS RDSKubernetesMySQLShellPythonJavaPharma industry

Specializations

release engineering SaaS CI/CD cloud Linux
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site