Staff Infra Tooling Engineer: Kafka, AWS & Kubernetes

Axented; México; Remote; MXN 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Axented is seeking a Staff-Level SME to lead the architectural evolution of internal deployment automation. You will drive a core Kafka migration, implement best practices, and own tooling with Python or Golang in a production-grade environment.

You will collaborate with publishing stakeholders, oversee cloud infrastructure on AWS, and mentor engineers, while maintaining high standards of communication and ownership in a dynamic game development ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Staff-Level SME capable of owning architecture independently.
• Proficient in Python or Golang for infra tooling.
• Hands-on AWS cloud infrastructure experience.
• Deep Docker and Kubernetes expertise for cluster operations.
• Terraform IaC skills for modular infrastructure code.
• Kafka cluster operations and data migrations.
• CI/CD tooling with Jenkins and observability via Datadog.
• Excellent written and spoken English with accountability.

Responsibilities

• Architect, write, and maintain infra deployment tools and automation scripts.
• Lead Kafka cluster migration planning and execution.
• Manage AWS infrastructure with Terraform; maintain Kubernetes clusters; write Helm charts.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and monitor via Datadog.
• Mentor team members and drive engineering standards across the platform.

Skills

Ownership & leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Python

Golang

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Datadog

Kafka

Job description

Axented is seeking a Staff-Level SME to lead the architectural evolution of internal deployment automation. You will drive a core Kafka migration, implement best practices, and own tooling with Python or Golang in a production-grade environment.

You will collaborate with publishing stakeholders, oversee cloud infrastructure on AWS, and mentor engineers, while maintaining high standards of communication and ownership in a dynamic game development ecosystem.