Familiarity with game publishing infrastructure requirements. We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to provide dedicated support for one of the largest global independent studios, known for its innovative and immersive gaming experiences and commitment to delivering next-generation AAA games.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes-based platforms that are massively scalable and highly reliable
- Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment of microservices to Kubernetes clusters
- Serve as a technical escalation point for platform and infrastructure issues
- Collaborate with engineering teams to implement infrastructure as code and GitOps practices
- Monitor and enhance the performance, reliability, and security of our Kubernetes ecosystem
- Champion DevOps and platform engineering best practices throughout the organization
- Mentor junior platform engineers and share knowledge across teams
- Participate in on-call rotation to ensure platform stability
- Create comprehensive documentation for platform services, components, and processes
Requirements:
- Strong background in software development or site reliability engineering
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Proven experience designing and implementing platform engineering solutions
- Expert knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, containerd)
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Pulumi)
- Strong scripting skills using languages like Python, Go, or Bash
- Experience with GCP services, particularly GKE, Cloud Build, Cloud Storage, and IAM
- Demonstrated experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring)
- > Experience implementing service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
- Knowledge of secrets management and security best practices in Kubernetes environments
- Understanding of GitOps workflows and tools (Flux, ArgoCD)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Solid understanding of networking concepts in Kubernetes and cloud environments
- Team-oriented mindset with excellent communication skills and commitment to continuous improvement
Pluses:
- Experience with multi-cluster and hybrid-cloud Kubernetes deployments
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect or Kubernetes certification
- Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom resource definitions (CRDs)
- Knowledge of advanced Kubernetes concepts (admission controllers, custom schedulers)
- Familiarity with game publishing infrastructure requirements
- Experience with high-performance computing workloads on Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience with database operations on Kubernetes (StatefulSets, operators)
- Experience with Kubernetes-native CI/CD tools (Tekton)
- Contributions to open-source Kubernetes projects or cloud-native ecosystem
- Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones
- Background in implementing machine learning operations (MLOps) on Kubernetes
- Passion for online games and gaming culture is a plus.
- Interest in space sci-fi is a plus.
