Senior Build and Release Engineer

2K; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the gaming industry is seeking a Senior Build + Release Engineer to enhance CI/CD and build infrastructure. You will work closely with development teams to manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like TeamCity and Perforce, ensuring quality and efficiency in game development. This role requires strong technical skills and offers excellent benefits, flexible working hours, and a creative work environment.

Benefits

Discounted gym membership

Free SEGA games on Steam

In-house massage therapy

Regular lunch & learn sessions

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in the games industry is essential.
• Proficiency in TeamCity and Perforce, exhibiting confidence in improvements.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software teams to maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Configure build agent environments across multiple OS platforms.
• Optimise CI/CD infrastructure using metrics.

Skills

TeamCity CI/CD platform

Perforce VCS (Helix Core)

Kotlin

Ansible

Bash

Python

Terraform (HCL)

PowerShell

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

PERMANENT

DEPARTMENT – Tech Services

BASED AT SEGA West London

REPORTING TO – Head of Corporate Infrastructure

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are seeking an established and experienced Senior Build + Release Engineer with games industry experience to design, deploy, and maintain our CI/CD and build infrastructure, enabling our development teams to focus on and deliver our key products and build our games.

You will work with us, taking responsibility and accountability alongside the team for our CI/CD infrastructure, which includes managing our growing TeamCity platform, Perforce Helix Core implementation, and associated virtualised and physical build agents. You will collaborate closely with the game development teams to provide the scale and stability needed to support growing business needs across all our supported platforms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with software development teams to implement and maintain efficient CI/CD pipelines for game projects
• Configure and manage the build agent environment to support game builds across various OS platforms (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux), utilising automation to reduce manual effort
• Troubleshoot the build deployment environment to ensure timely and reliable build and test job configurations
• Work with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders to ensure services we provide and support are creating efficiencies to drive improvements
• Optimise CI/CD build infrastructure to cope with increasing demand, utilising metrics and data
• Manage and own job configurations using TeamCity UI and via code using the Kotlin language
• Investigate new tools and technologies that would improve our environment, stay on the pulse of emerging technologies
• Identify opportunities for automating processes and support within the CI/CD build environment

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience working within the games industry
• Demonstrable experience and proficiency using the TeamCity CI/CD platform and Perforce VCS (Helix Core) displaying confidence and leading improvements and innovation
• Proficiency in Kotlin, Ansible, Bash, Python, HCL (Terraform), PowerShell and other common declarative/scripting languages
• Positive disposition, excellent communicator and a desire to deliver high-quality output
• Proficiency monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana to measure effectiveness of CI/CD
• Critical thinking and problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Understanding of VMWare and server platforms, including knowledge of Windows (Desktop/Server), Linux and MacOS

Desirable

• Build and Release using Unity as the engine, knowledge of Unity build processes
• Experience with Apple developer tooling for build and release
• Fundamental understanding of cloud technologies, with a particular emphasis on Azure
• Collaborative team player
• Works well under pressure
• Strong prioritisation skills

A BIT ABOUT SEGA

SEGA is one of the leading interactive entertainment companies in the world, with our European HQ based in West London and development studios spanning the UK and Bulgaria. Known for quality and creativity above all else, our studios include Sports Interactive, Two Point Studios, Hardlight and Creative Assembly.

At the heart of SEGA is our publishing team based in London, where we help the studios bring their creative vision to life. Here we have a hardworking bunch of people spanning Tech, Sales, Marketing, Finance, QA and more.

Together, we drive the continued success and evolution of our Western business through living our company values of being product focused, embracing true partnerships and always having fun so that we can strive to come together as One SEGA.

WORKING THE SEGA WAY

We believe that making the best games relies on having the best people, so we make sure that we look after ours…

· For our gaming buffs, you can get involved in our lunchtime get gaming sessions in our games lounge and Club SEGA, regular gaming tournaments and free SEGA games on Steam.

· If you're more of a foodie, you can take advantage of fresh fruit and cereal every single day.

· Fitness fanatics will love our discounted gym membership, ride to work scheme, workout area and bootcamps in the business park. You can find your zen with weekly yoga classes as well as in-house massage therapy.

· You'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes life assurance, income protection, private healthcare & dental insurance schemes and an enhanced contributory pension scheme. We offer competitive salaries and a fantastic bonus scheme so that you can stay motivated and focused on making SEGA the best it can be.

· We hold regular lunch & learn sessions, company updates at incredible venues in Central London and Christmas parties that you’ll want to brag to your mates about! What’s not to love?

· We pride ourselves on having flexible working hours to ensure that you have a life outside of the office.

· We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. All applicants are welcome! And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Check out our Careers website to find out why we are a workplace you’ll never want to leave!