Lead DevOps Engineer

Twin Harbour Interactive; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A game development company located in Hamburg is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to oversee and mentor their DevOps team. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in IT maintenance, cloud systems, and high-level programming. This full-time position offers a flexible hybrid work model and opportunities for growth within a diverse team that values connection and creativity. Key responsibilities include managing DevOps projects and maintaining high-availability production systems.

Leistungen

Flexible hybrid work models

Career Path Framework

Language courses and e-learning

Team-building activities

Qualifikationen

• Experience with leading a (DevOps) team and executing a roadmap.
• Excellent skills in IT maintenance and systems integration.
• Experience with high-load systems and load optimisations.
• Knowledgeable in cloud systems and management tools.
• Ability to articulate and document technical designs.

Aufgaben

• Lead and mentor a DevOps team.
• Manage and execute key DevOps projects.
• Maintain high-availability production systems.
• Analyze high-performance systems on OS & application level.
• Collaborate with game and product teams.

Kenntnisse

Team Leadership

IT Maintenance

Database Architecture

Cloud Systems

Automation

Java

High-Level Programming

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Ansible

Google Cloud

Docker

GitHub Actions

Jobbeschreibung

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At Twin Harbour Interactive we strive to develop high-quality strategy games and make them accessible for all players around the world. In our eyes game development is a promise for fun and entertainment – that’s what we live and aim for!

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be leading our interdisciplinary team developing, building and running our online games. You can expect a professional and international working environment covering great games and a wide scope of technologies:

In the backend, our games share a self‑built Java game engine, together with a containerized API written in PHP that we constantly extend and improve. Servers run on a distributed architecture in the Google Cloud and use MySQL for data storage.

In the DevOps engineering, you will work with technologies and services like Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Ansible, AWX, GitHub Actions, DataDog, Docker, Grafana, Sentry, SonarQube, Jenkins and production systems utilizing Google Kubernetes Engine, Linux based VMs, Nginx, Redis, Memcached.

YOUR MISSION

• Lead, mentor and be part of an experienced and excellent DevOps team.
• Manage and execute key DevOps projects, from planning to delivery, guide technical decision‑making. Align DevOps strategies with company goals and provide expert guidance on best practices and tooling.
• Maintain our high‑availability production systems by creating stability and scalability.
• Analyze and optimise our high‑performance / high‑traffic systems on OS & application level.
• Spearhead tooling efforts by prototyping, setting up, establishing, and fine‑tuning new tools to improve performance and our dev life.
• Maintain and improve the automated development processes and improve development workflows (GitHub Actions, Helm, ArgoCD, Ansible, Docker, Webpack, Fastlane, etc.).
• Collaborate closely with the game development, community, and product teams, and our sister studios within the Stillfront Group.
• Broaden your knowledge and deepen your skills through conferences and training and share your learnings with the team afterwards.

YOUR PROFILE

• Experience with leading a (DevOps) team and the ability to execute on a roadmap effectively and pragmatically.
• Excellent skills in IT maintenance, database/network architecture, systems integration, as well as automation and system administration (Debian, Linux).
• Experience with high‑load / high‑availability systems and load optimisations.
• Experience with cloud systems (ideally Google Cloud) and connected management tools (i.e. Terraform / Kubernetes etc).
• Knowledge of state‑of‑the‑art build systems, tech stacks, and toolchains.
• Passion to extend your knowledge and try out new technologies.
• Good skills in Java or other high‑level programming languages.
• Experience in shipping, developing, and running at least one commercial product or game.
• Ability to articulate and document technical designs clearly and analytically.

Additional skills to impress us

• Passion for video games.
• Knowledge of multiplayer PvP/online game development practices.
• Familiarity with agile software development and scrum‑based working environments.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

A Global Team, A Shared Purpose

Our strength lies in our diversity. With over 30 nationalities represented across our two locations, we’re united by a shared passion for strategy games and a bold vision for the future. We celebrate what makes each of us unique – our perspectives, our stories, and the paths that led us here.

Work Your Way

Whether you’re crafting code from a harbor‑view desk in Hamburg or fine‑tuning design details under the Maltese sun, we support flexible hybrid work models that empower you to do your best work – wherever you are.

Grow With Us

At Twin Harbour, your journey matters. Our Career Path Framework and mentorship culture provide the clarity and feedback you need to take the next step – whether you’re deepening your expertise or branching into new disciplines. We invest in your growth with language courses, e‑learning platforms, and support for conferences and training.

We believe that great teams are built on trust, respect, and good humour. From game nights to casual drinks, quiz nights, and karaoke, we don’t just work together – we connect, play, and support each other like a true crew.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology