DevOps Engineer (AWS & Infrastructure)

Operative Games; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote‑first culture

Equity and benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

Operative Games is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own and optimize our AWS-based infrastructure for an AI-driven narrative platform. You will lead IaC, build robust CI/CD pipelines, and implement security and compliance across systems.

This hands-on role requires collaboration with engineering teams to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient operations, while advancing our observability, monitoring, and cloud-native tooling.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in DevOps, cloud engineering, or infrastructure management.
• Strong AWS background with hands-on experience
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• CI/CD experience with modern tooling
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash) and automation mindset
• Collaborative and proactive in a fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure Ownership: Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code: Implement and manage IaC to support repeatable deployments.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitoring & Logging: Set up observability tools for performance and uptime.
• Security & Compliance: Apply cloud security best practices including IAM, encryption, secret management.
• Collaboration & Support: Work with engineering to support deployment needs and best practices.
• Cost Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud usage for cost-efficient scaling.

Skills

Cloud security

CI/CD

Scripting

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

About Us

Operative Games is creating next-generation narrative games powered by AI. Our platform enables dynamic storytelling at scale, supported by cloud-based infrastructure that powers real- time systems and generative content. As we scale, we’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to take ownership of our AWS environment, streamline deployments, and ensure our systems are secure, performant, and highly available.

The Role

As our DevOps Engineer, you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that underpins our AI-driven game systems. You’ll lead efforts in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), and cloud security best practices. This is a hands‑on role that involves both strategic architecture and day‑to‑day systems management.

Key Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure Ownership: Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.
• Infrastructure as Code: Implement and manage IaC using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation to support repeatable, automated deployments.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to support development workflows for both game and backend services.
• Monitoring & Logging: Set up observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, ELK) to monitor performance, uptime, and cost.
• Security & Compliance: Apply cloud security best practices including IAM policies, encryption, secret management, and network configuration.
• Collaboration & Support: Work closely with engineering teams to support deployment needs, troubleshoot infrastructure issues, and guide best practices.
• Cost Optimization: Monitor and manage cloud usage to ensure efficient and cost- effective infrastructure scaling.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 4+ years in DevOps, cloud engineering, or infrastructure management with a strong background in AWS.
• IaC Expertise: Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
• CI/CD Knowledge: Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Security Best Practices: Deep understanding of securing cloud environments and managing sensitive data.
• Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.) to automate infrastructure tasks.
• Collaborative & Proactive: Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced startup environment.

Bonus Points

• Experience with game server infrastructure or real-time services
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of backend systems using Node.js, Python, or similar stacks
• Previous work with ML/AI infrastructure or inference pipelines
• Interest in supporting creative or narrative-focused tools and teams

Why Join Us?

• Own and architect infrastructure for a cutting‑edge AI narrative platform
• Join a small, agile team shaping the future of storytelling
• Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
• Remote‑first culture with flexibility and trust