Gaming Platform Engineer: Cloud Infra & CI/CD

Rushdown Studios; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Annual Video Game Budget

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Parental Leave

9 Paid Holidays plus Flexible PTO and

Job summary

Rushdown Studios in Saratoga Springs, NY is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to improve infrastructure reliability and automation for a large-scale game project. Hybrid work preferred (Tue–Thu) or fully remote for Eastern US, with openness to expanded remote eligibility.

Prior game development experience is required, and the role focuses on cloud infra, IaC, and CI/CD for live-service environments. The ideal candidate self-motivated, collaborative, and ready to tackle multiple tasks

Qualifications

• Four years of professional Azure experience.
• Experience scripting with Python, PowerShell, or Groovy.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of game packaging and deployment requirements.
• Experience compiling code and managing pipelines that compile code.
• Experience monitoring and profiling applications (Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus).
• Ability to debug unexpected issues during development.
• Willingness to prioritize player experience over own code and ego.
• Proactive communication to unblock teammates.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for game development and live-service games.
• Deploy infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Promote cloud security best practices and compliance for gaming infra.
• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines for builds and deployments.
• Respond to live support issues for a live-service game.
• Empower multiple teams through development environment automation.

Skills

Azure

Python

PowerShell

Groovy

Docker

Kubernetes

Go language

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Bicep

Azure ARM templates

Datadog

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Perforce

Git LFS

Jenkins

TeamCity

Azure DevOps

Job description

Rushdown Studios in Saratoga Springs, NY is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to improve infrastructure reliability and automation for a large-scale game project. Hybrid work preferred (Tue–Thu) or fully remote for Eastern US, with openness to expanded remote eligibility.

Prior game development experience is required, and the role focuses on cloud infra, IaC, and CI/CD for live-service environments. The ideal candidate self-motivated, collaborative, and ready to tackle multiple tasks