Platform Engineer – Cloud & Live-Game Infra

Rushdown Studios; City of Saratoga Springs (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: $100k-$150k

Paid holidays & Flexible PTO

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Annual Video Game Budget

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Job summary

Rushdown Studios is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join our team in Saratoga Springs, NY or fully remote within the Eastern United States. You will design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure for large-scale game development and live-service projects, and build automated tooling to empower multiple teams.

The ideal candidate has at least four years of Azure experience, strong scripting skills (Python/PowerShell/Go), and hands-on work with Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud

Qualifications

• Four (4) years of professional experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience scripting with Python, PowerShell, or Groovy.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of game packaging and deployment requirements for different platforms.
• Experience compiling code and/or managing pipelines that compile code.
• Experience monitoring and profiling applications (DataDog, CloudWatch, Prometheus).
• Ability to debug unexpected issues that arise during development.
• Proactive communication to unblock teammates.
• Willingness to put player experience first.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for game development and live-service games using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Deploy infrastructure-as-code for cloud resources using Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or Azure Resource Manager templates.
• Promote cloud security best practices and compliance requirements for gaming infrastructure.
• 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

CI/CD

Terraform

Go

Monitoring

Debugging

Teamwork

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure ARM

Job description

Rushdown Studios is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join our team in Saratoga Springs, NY or fully remote within the Eastern United States. You will design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure for large-scale game development and live-service projects, and build automated tooling to empower multiple teams.

The ideal candidate has at least four years of Azure experience, strong scripting skills (Python/PowerShell/Go), and hands-on work with Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud