We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join a team supporting one of the largest global independent studios, renowned for its cutting-edge AAA games and immersive experiences. This role involves building and managing highly scalable, cloud-native infrastructure while collaborating closely with engineering teams to drive DevOps excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for deploying microservices to Kubernetes clusters
- Act as a technical escalation point for platform-related issues
- Support infrastructure as code and GitOps practices across teams
- Monitor, enhance, and secure the Kubernetes ecosystem for performance and stability
- Promote platform engineering and DevOps best practices across the organization
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing initiatives
- Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain platform reliability
- Create and maintain detailed documentation for systems, processes, and services
Required Qualifications:
- Strong background in software development or site reliability engineering
- 4+ years of hands-on production experience with Kubernetes
- Demonstrated success in designing and delivering platform engineering solutions
- Proficiency in containerization technologies (Docker, containerd)
- Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi)
- Strong scripting abilities (Python, Go, Bash)
- Hands-on experience with GCP services such as GKE, Cloud Build, Cloud Storage, and IAM
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring)
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
- In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes security and secrets management
- Understanding of GitOps tools and workflows (Flux, ArgoCD)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes and cloud networking concepts
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-focused mindset
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid-cloud Kubernetes deployments
- Kubernetes or GCP Professional certifications
- Familiarity with Kubernetes Operators and CRDs
- Knowledge of advanced Kubernetes components (custom schedulers, admission controllers)
- Exposure to game publishing infrastructure or high-performance computing workloads
- Experience managing databases in Kubernetes (StatefulSets, DB Operators)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes-native CI/CD (Tekton)
- Contributions to open-source projects within the Kubernetes/cloud-native space
- Ability to work with globally distributed teams
- Experience with MLOps pipelines in Kubernetes environments
- Passion for online games or interest in space sci-fi is a plus
