Senior Build Engineer

Ccpgames; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in London seeks a passionate Senior Build Engineer to manage and optimise build pipelines for EVE Vanguard. You will work closely with developers, ensuring efficient workflows and upgrades while maintaining the highest build standards. Experience with version control systems and Unreal Engine is key. The role offers a collaborative and innovative environment along with attractive benefits, including flexible hours and comprehensive health insurance.

Benefits

Free lunches, drinks, and snacks in the office

Employer contributory pension plan

Life Insurance

Private medical and Dental Insurance

Annual Fitness Allowance

Qualifications

• Professional experience of version control systems (ideally Perforce and Git).
• Experience in constructing and managing build pipelines for multiple environments and platforms.
• Experience using the Unreal build system to build clients and servers.
• Experience writing and maintaining build scripts.
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools such as TeamCity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise multi-platform build pipelines.
• Manage and integrate symbols servers with the build pipeline.
• Resolve and validate merge conflicts across environments.
• Coordinate releases with colleagues from various disciplines.
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate processes.

Skills

Version control systems (Perforce and Git)

Constructing and managing build pipelines

Unreal build system

CI/CD concepts and tools (TeamCity)

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Senior Build Engineer

Department: Software Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Description

CCP Games is looking for a talented and passionate Senior Build Engineer to join our team in London building EVE Vanguard. We are a tight-knit team creating a new perspective into the rich universe of EVE Online using Unreal Engine 5. In this role, you will be responsible for the development, maintenance and optimisation of all our build pipelines. Reporting to the Lead Core Tech Engineer you will be a pivotal team member supporting and enabling all developers to achieve their best as efficiently as possible.

Responsibilities

• Developing, maintaining and optimising our multi-platform build pipelines.
• Managing and integrating symbols servers with various points of our build pipeline.
• Managing and communicating the flow of changes in source control across multiple environments.
• Working with developers to resolve and validate merge conflicts across multiple environments.
• Communicating and coordinating releases (lockdown approvals, patches, etc) with colleagues of various disciplines.
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate our processes.
• Collaborating with developers to find solutions which improve their workflow and output.
• Keeping up to date with the latest build systems and practices.
• Working with QA to help triage build-time and runtime issues and their potential solutions.
• Continually evaluating our build hardware for the best price to performance ratio.

Your Profile

• Passionate about playing and building video games!
• Proven professional experience of version control systems (ideally Perforce and Git).
• Proven professional experience in constructing and managing build pipelines for multiple environments and platforms.
• Proven professional experience using the Unreal build system to build clients and servers.
• Proven professional experience writing and maintaining build scripts.
• Proven professional experience with CI/CD concepts and tools such as TeamCity.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Attention to detail and interest in catching build issues.
• A proactive attitude toward improving the build/release processes.

What We Can Offer You

• The inspiring challenge of working on a pioneering, ambitious project with great coworkers.
• An opportunity to learn and grow within an international company.
• A multicultural work environment that encourages growth, creativity, and innovation
• Free lunches, drinks, and snacks in the office
• A family friendly work environment with flexible work hours
• Employer contributory pension plan
• Life Insurance
• Private medical and Dental Insurance for you and your family
• Annual Commuting Allowance
• Monthly Internet Allowance
• Annual Fitness Allowance
• Discretionary quarterly and annual performance sharing plan