Cloud Build Systems Engineer – Unreal/Jenkins CI/CD

31st Union; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity awards

Medical benefits

Job summary

2K is seeking a Build Systems Engineer to migrate and optimize production game-build pipelines in the cloud, focusing on Unreal Horde and Jenkins. You’ll automate workflows, enhance CI/CD, and improve uptime across multiple studios.

You’ll collaborate with developers and DevOps teams to implement standardized build configurations, create reusable automation, and strengthen observability while maintaining thorough documentation.

Qualifications

• Practical experience running and maintaining Production level build systems supporting game development pipelines.
• Hands-on experience migrating existing build pipelines to cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with high uptime and performance.
• Experience applying CI/CD, Agile, and DevOps methods in software or game pipelines.
• Scripting/automation with Python, C#, or similar.
• IaC tooling (Terraform, Ansible) to manage cloud infra.
• Config management tools (Puppet) for build machines.
• Windows and Linux OS troubleshooting.
• Strong problem-solving for build failures.
• Good documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Guide migration of studio build pipelines to cloud environments with reliability and performance.
• Maintain and optimize build systems for Unreal Horde and Jenkins.
• Standardize deployments across Horde and Jenkins for diverse teams.
• Develop build automation scripts and reusable components.
• Integrate related services and tools into CI/CD workflows.
• Support observability to monitor build ecosystems and cloud performance.
• Document processes and promote CI/CD best practices across teams.
• Collaborate with Perforce specialists for source control integration.
• Provide technical support to internal development and build teams.

Skills

CI/CD

Cloud migration

Scripting

Python/C#

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Windows/Linux

Perforce

Tools

Unreal Horde

Jenkins

Job description

2K is seeking a Build Systems Engineer to migrate and optimize production game-build pipelines in the cloud, focusing on Unreal Horde and Jenkins. You’ll automate workflows, enhance CI/CD, and improve uptime across multiple studios.

You’ll collaborate with developers and DevOps teams to implement standardized build configurations, create reusable automation, and strengthen observability while maintaining thorough documentation.