Senior Programmer - Devops & Perforce (Game Creation)

Epic Games; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 175,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company located in Vancouver seeks an experienced professional to oversee Perforce Version Control at scale. You will be responsible for high-performing deployments, troubleshooting, and crafting automation tools to enhance system management. Applicants should possess expertise in Linux systems, scripting, and version control tools like Git. The role promises a dynamic work environment with robust benefits and competitive pay reflective of the industry standards.

Benefits

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Mental well-being program through Modern Health

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and maintaining environments using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Understanding of Linux performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer high-performance Perforce Version Control across global teams.
• Troubleshoot server performance and database issues.
• Implement workflows for system management.

Skills

Infrastructure as code tools

AWS

Linux OS

Bash/UNIX shell scripting

Python

Perforce Version Control

Git

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE

What We Do

We enable Epic’s online services teams to build, deploy, and manage services that are used by more than half a billion players around the world. Our mission is to provide world class tools and platforms to improve the experience of our developers and make it easier, faster, and safer to build, operate, and scale their applications. We operate at massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world.

What You’ll Do

You’ll work on one of the largest and most demanding Perforce Version Control deployments in the industry, supporting thousands of users and millions of files at scale. You’ll tackle complex programming challenges that come with operating source control at this level, while partnering closely with teams across Epic Games and with external studios and partners around the world. As one of Perforce’s largest customers, Epic collaborates directly with the Perforce programming team, giving you a unique opportunity to influence their product roadmap and help shape the future of source control tooling used across the industry.

In this role, you will

• Design and administer large, high performance Perforce Version Control, and other SCM tools at a global scale with thousands of consumers worldwide
• Perform deep troubleshooting of Perforce Version Control server performance and database contention issues
• Implement and maintain automation tools, user facing tools, documentation, and workflows to assist with system management
• Manage and support permissions and identity integrations
• Assist in disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives to ensure a protected and highly available implementation
• Devise, test, and deploy integrations between Perforce products and other internal systems
• Promoting adoption and best practices among the system user community and conducting user-training and help-sessions for new features or implementations

What we’re looking for

• Experience deploying and maintaining environments with infrastructure as code approaches and tools (SCM/Git, Packer, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Salt, and leveraging CI/CD systems to get work done)
• Experience with cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
• Understanding of Linux operating systems, OS performance tuning, troubleshooting, patching and patch management best practices
• Expertise writing tools, scripting and automation in Bash/UNIX shell, Python
• Excellent communicator with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and collaborate effectively across teams
• Strong learning skills, able to quickly absorb new concepts, tools, and processes in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with Perforce Version Control, Git and their related server and client components in a large scale, and understanding of version control workflows is a big plus
• Experience with other version control systems such as Git, and related code collaboration tools such as GitHub, and GitLab would be a plus
• Highly organized, with the ability to manage priorities, track details, and deliver work reliably on time would be a plus

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

British Columbia Base Pay Range

$175,353 — $257,184 CAD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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