Build & Release Engineer

A Little About Us EDB provides a data and AI platform that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud, anywhere. EDB empowers enterprises to control risk, manage costs and scale efficiently for a data and AI led world. Serving more than 1,500 customers globally and as the leading contributor to the vibrant and fast-growing PostgreSQL community, EDB supports major government organizations, financial services, media and information technology companies. EDB’s data-driven solutions enable customers to modernize legacy systems and break data silos while leveraging enterprise-grade open source technologies. EDB delivers the confidence of up to 99.999% high availability with mission critical capabilities built in such as security, compliance controls, and observability. For more information, visit www.enterprisedb.com We are seeking a passionate and experienced Build & Release Engineer with strong expertise in multi-platform packaging, automation, and CI/CD workflows. The ideal candidate will help us enhance our build pipelines, packaging formats (RPM, DEB, EXE, DMG), third-party dependency management, and automation around PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres and its extensions. You will work closely with the technical manager and a highly skilled team to ensure consistent, secure, and reproducible builds across Linux, Windows, and MacOS. What your impact will be. Design, develop, and maintain GitHub workflows (CI/CD) for build, packaging, and release of EDB Postgres, and extensions like PostGIS, and others. Enhance packaging capabilities beyond RPM/DEB, including binary tarballs and relocatable builds. Automate building of third-party dependencies (libxml2, OpenSSL, krb5, zstd, etc) across Windows and MacOS Add automation for building binary RPMs from SRPMs and streamline dependency workflows. Integrate and optimize security/compliance scans (e.g., BlackDuck) for packaged binaries. Ensure quality and reliability by automating package installation testing and regression checks. Collaborate with the team to upgrade and rebuild 3rd-party libraries when new versions are released. What you will bring. 4-8 years of experience in Build Engineering / DevOps . Strong hands-on experience of Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu/Debian, SUSE) packaging – RPM and DEB builds. Experience with Windows (MSI/EXE) and MacOS (DMG, pkg) packaging using installer tools like InstallBuilder or similar. Proficiency in GitHub Actions (or similar modern CI/CD tools). Strong background in C/C++ build systems (Make, Autotools, CMake, Meson, MSVC). Experience in scripting (Shell, Python, PowerShell). Hands-on with source compilation of PostgreSQL dependencies such as openssl, libxml2, zstd, krb5, and more Understanding of binary compatibility , multi-platform builds, and cross-compilation. What will give you an edge. Experience in Java/Python packaging (wheels, jars, pip installers). Knowledge of PostgreSQL ecosystem (extensions, FDWs, contrib modules). Exposure to containerization (Docker, Podman). Background in open-source technologies or contributions to open-source projects. Familiarity with static code analysis / license compliance tools such as BlackDuck. EDB is committed to supporting our employees' overall well being by offering a range of benefits and resources to promote a healthy work-life balance and wellness. We provide access to CuraLinc to aid employees in health and wellness tips and practices, as well as Wellness Fridays extending to December 2025! Check out our career site for more information on perks and benefits and reach out to our Talent Acquisition team for region specific benefits. We know it takes a unique mix of people and skills to help us in our mission to supercharge Postgres, and we understand that not everyone will check every box. We’d love to hear from you and we want you to apply! EDB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. EDB was built on a commitment to trust and respect each other and to embrace an array of people and ideas. These values remain at the center of our culture and are key to our company’s integrity. EDB does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. EDB and its affiliates are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other similar payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written signed agreement between EDB and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee. #LI-Remote #BI-Remote