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Release Engineer (Remote/Anywhere)

We're a global consultancy, specializing in delivering the benefits of Open Source software to the commercial world.

Collabora

Employee count: 51-200

United Kingdom only

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Collabora Productivity Ltd. is a software company specialising in bringing the innovation created in Open Source projects such as LibreOffice to the market, along with services, long term support and software consultancy. We combine years of open source software leadership with an understanding of the challenges that businesses, non-profits, and governments face.
Collabora Productivity brings deep technical expertise around the Office space, from our preferred Open Document format to many other, including legacy, document formats such as OpenXML and Microsoft binary formats, using modern technologies.
We are looking for a passionate Release Engineer to join our team. As a Release Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring our core products are delivered across multiple platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop code that glues together various pieces of our build and test pipeline
  • Update build infrastructure for releasing new versions and variants
  • Maintain and monitor software build and maintain a Jenkins CI
  • Support a globally distributed team
  • Troubleshooting software build issues

Technical Skills

  • Deep Linux experience
  • LibreOffice releasing experience required
  • Python, shell experience
  • git experience - including re-basing and bisection
  • Superficial understanding of C++ enabling ability to identify and back-port changes between code branches resolving simple merge conflicts
  • LXC container experience a bonus
  • iOS / Android cross-compilation toolchains a bonus

Personal Skills

  • Highly self motivated, reliable with a demonstrable passion for Open Source and the office domain
  • Able to work from home office, managing own time effectively
  • Self learning skill to get sufficient knowledge of Collabora's services, business model, project delivery lifecycle and other related technical domains
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Winsome presentation skills appreciated
  • Good English language skills (both verbal and written)
  • Ability to work and communicate in an online distributed environment

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Full Time

Experience level

Mid-level

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United Kingdom +/- 0 hours

About Collabora

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We're a global consultancy, specializing in delivering the benefits of Open Source software to the commercial world. We enable our clients to develop the best solutions, whether writing a line of code or shaping a longer-term strategic software development plan. By harnessing the potential of community-driven Open Source projects, and re-using existing components, we help our clients reduce time to market and focus on creating product differentiation.

Since our founding in 2005, we've been at the forefront of Open Source technology, developing solutions that power today’s leading products across a number of industry segments, included in millions of devices worldwide. Whether its the Linux Kernel or LibreOffice, our expertise spans across all key areas of Open Source software development, from graphics, multimedia, and web engines, to complete, integrated solutions.

Our team of engineers and developers – nearly 100 strong – are among the most motivated and active Open Source contributors and maintainers around the world. They have a passion for technology and Open Source, a key part of our core values. When not working on client projects, Collaborans volunteer their time in their respective expertise domains and participate in the strategic planning of the Open Source projects they invest themselves in.

From tailoring the latest Open Source technologies to your projects to integrating Open Source methodologies into your organization or contributing your code back to the community, you can count on us to help you navigate the ever-evolving world of Open Source. Contact us today to see how we can work together.

Employee benefits

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Healthcare benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Paid parental leave

Paid family leave for all parents to support you and your family.

Retirement benefits

401(k) and regional retirement plans to help you invest in your future.

Generous vacation

We have a generous 4 weeks PTO policy to help encourage work-life balance.

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Collabora

Company size

51-200 employees

Founded in

2005

Chief executive officer

Philippe Kalaf

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