diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 78eb0953be..b1e7f048e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ checksum = "62d671cc41a825ebabc75757b62d3d168c577f9149b2d49ece1dad1f72119d25"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3880,6 +3880,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha256",
  "spinoff",
+ "strum 0.25.0",
  "wasm-opt",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/Cargo.toml b/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/Cargo.toml
index 990a2ff8a9..d8864507d5 100644
--- a/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ eyre = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 sha256 = "1.5.0"
 path-absolutize = { workspace = true }
+strum = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "std"] }
 wasm-opt = "0.116.1"
 
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/lib.rs b/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/lib.rs
index 84c2cca9c2..e4da047254 100644
--- a/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,24 @@ use path_absolutize::Absolutize;
 
 /// Current toolchain used to build smartcontracts
 const TOOLCHAIN: &str = "+nightly-2024-09-09";
-const OPTIMIZED_PROFILE: &str = "deploy";
+
+/// Build profile for smartcontracts
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, strum::Display, strum::EnumString, Default)]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum Profile {
+    /// Applies release optimization
+    #[default]
+    Release,
+    /// Applies release and size optimizations
+    Deploy,
+}
+
+impl Profile {
+    /// Checks whether profile uses optimizations from wasm-opt
+    pub fn is_optimized(profile: Self) -> bool {
+        return profile == Profile::Deploy;
+    }
+}
 
 /// WASM Builder for smartcontracts (e.g. triggers and executors).
 ///
@@ -46,14 +63,14 @@ pub struct Builder<'path, 'out_dir> {
     /// Flag controlling whether to show output of the build process
     show_output: bool,
     /// Build profile
-    profile: String,
+    profile: Profile,
 }
 
 impl<'path, 'out_dir> Builder<'path, 'out_dir> {
     /// Initialize [`Builder`] with path to smartcontract.
     ///
     /// `relative_path` should be relative to `CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR`.
-    pub fn new<P>(relative_path: &'path P, profile: &str) -> Self
+    pub fn new<P>(relative_path: &'path P, profile: Profile) -> Self
     where
         P: AsRef<Path> + ?Sized,
     {
@@ -61,7 +78,7 @@ impl<'path, 'out_dir> Builder<'path, 'out_dir> {
             path: relative_path.as_ref(),
             out_dir: None,
             show_output: false,
-            profile: profile.to_string(),
+            profile: profile,
         }
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +120,17 @@ impl<'path, 'out_dir> Builder<'path, 'out_dir> {
     ///
     /// Will also return error if ran on workspace and not on the concrete package.
     pub fn build(self) -> Result<Output> {
+        let optimize = Profile::is_optimized(self.profile);
+        let output = self.into_internal()?.build()?;
+        if optimize {
+            output.optimize()
+        } else {
+            Ok(output)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn build_unoptimized(self) -> Result<Output> {
         self.into_internal()?.build()
     }
 
@@ -117,7 +145,7 @@ impl<'path, 'out_dir> Builder<'path, 'out_dir> {
                 |out_dir| Ok(Cow::Borrowed(out_dir)),
             )?,
             show_output: self.show_output,
-            profile: self.profile.clone(),
+            profile: self.profile,
         })
     }
 
@@ -171,7 +199,7 @@ mod internal {
         pub absolute_path: PathBuf,
         pub out_dir: Cow<'out_dir, Path>,
         pub show_output: bool,
-        pub profile: String,
+        pub profile: Profile,
     }
 
     impl Builder<'_> {
@@ -186,41 +214,16 @@ mod internal {
 
         pub fn build(self) -> Result<Output> {
             let absolute_path = self.absolute_path.clone();
-            let optimize = self.profile == OPTIMIZED_PROFILE;
-            let show_output = self.show_output;
+            let optimize = Profile::is_optimized(self.profile);
             let output = self.build_smartcontract().wrap_err_with(|| {
                 format!(
                     "Failed to build the smartcontract at path: {}",
                     absolute_path.display()
                 )
             })?;
-
+            
             if optimize {
-                let sp = if show_output && std::env::var("CI").is_err() {
-                    Some(spinoff::Spinner::new_with_stream(
-                        spinoff::spinners::Binary,
-                        "Optimizing the output",
-                        None,
-                        spinoff::Streams::Stderr,
-                    ))
-                } else {
-                    None
-                };
-
-                match output.optimize() {
-                    Ok(optimized) => {
-                        if let Some(mut sp) = sp {
-                            sp.success("Output is optimized");
-                        }
-                        Ok(optimized)
-                    }
-                    err => {
-                        if let Some(mut sp) = sp {
-                            sp.fail("Optimization failed");
-                        }
-                        err
-                    }
-                }
+                output.optimize()
             } else {
                 Ok(output)
             }
@@ -270,7 +273,7 @@ mod internal {
             let full_out_dir = self
                 .out_dir
                 .join("wasm32-unknown-unknown")
-                .join(self.profile.clone());
+                .join(self.profile.to_string());
             let wasm_file = full_out_dir.join(package_name).with_extension("wasm");
 
             let previous_hash = if wasm_file.exists() {
diff --git a/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/main.rs b/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/main.rs
index 8585fd140b..f8b6282835 100644
--- a/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/iroha_wasm_builder/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use clap::{Args, Parser};
 use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, Context};
-use iroha_wasm_builder::Builder;
+use iroha_wasm_builder::{Builder, Profile};
 use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
             common: CommonArgs { path },
             profile,
         } => {
-            let builder = Builder::new(&path, &profile).show_output();
+            let profile: Profile = profile.parse().expect("Invalid profile provided");
+            let builder = Builder::new(&path, profile).show_output();
             builder.check()?;
         }
         Cli::Build {
@@ -50,16 +51,47 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
             out_file,
             profile,
         } => {
-            let builder = Builder::new(&path, &profile).show_output();
+            let profile: Profile = profile.parse().expect("Invalid profile provided");
+            let builder = Builder::new(&path, profile).show_output();
 
             let output = {
                 // not showing the spinner here, cargo does a progress bar for us
-                match builder.build() {
+                match builder.build_unoptimized() {
                     Ok(output) => output,
                     err => err?,
                 }
             };
 
+            let output = if Profile::is_optimized(profile) {
+                let sp = if std::env::var("CI").is_err() {
+                    Some(spinoff::Spinner::new_with_stream(
+                        spinoff::spinners::Binary,
+                        "Optimizing the output",
+                        None,
+                        spinoff::Streams::Stderr,
+                    ))
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+
+                match output.optimize() {
+                    Ok(optimized) => {
+                        if let Some(mut sp) = sp {
+                            sp.success("Output is optimized");
+                        }
+                        optimized
+                    }
+                    err => {
+                        if let Some(mut sp) = sp {
+                            sp.fail("Optimization failed");
+                        }
+                        err?
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                output
+            };
+
             std::fs::copy(output.wasm_file_path(), &out_file).wrap_err_with(|| {
                 eyre!(
                     "Failed to write the resulting file into {}",