Senior DevOps Engineer - Unreal Engine Build Systems

6211 Rocksteady Studios Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to shape the technical backbone of Rocksteady's Unreal Engine 5 project. You will ensure fast, reliable pipelines and tooling for developers across the studio, collaborating with engineers and content creators in a hybrid London-based role.

The position emphasizes owning automation, build systems, and scalable infrastructure, with opportunities to advance at the intersection of engine programming and developer infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience as a C++ programmer in game development or similar technical field.
• Experience working with Unreal Engine (UE4 or UE5) beyond gameplay code.
• Hands-on experience with automation, build systems, or CI pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C# for tooling and infrastructure development.
• Comfortable working in Windows-based development environments.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across large, complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and evolve CI pipelines using Unreal Horde and TeamCity.
• Develop and support automation workflows for build, test, cook, and package processes.
• Maintain and improve build farm infrastructure, artifact storage, and distribution systems.
• Support and optimize distributed compilation to reduce engine and game build times.
• Maintain and optimize Derived Data Cache (DDC) infrastructure to improve iteration speed.
• Collaborate with development teams to identify and resolve pipeline and workflow bottlenecks.
• Investigate and prototype modern solutions to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.

Skills

CI pipelines

Automation workflows

Python

Windows development

Debugging

Unreal Engine knowledge

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to shape the technical backbone of Rocksteady's Unreal Engine 5 project. You will ensure fast, reliable pipelines and tooling for developers across the studio, collaborating with engineers and content creators in a hybrid London-based role.

The position emphasizes owning automation, build systems, and scalable infrastructure, with opportunities to advance at the intersection of engine programming and developer infrastructure.