Staff Automation Architect: CI/CD for Cross-Studio Games

Level AI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Level AI is seeking a Staff Automation Engineer to set the technical direction for build, release, and test automation across game projects and studios. You will architect the CI/CD platform that engineering, art, and production teams in Austin and Auckland rely on, acting as a force multiplier for teams shipping educational games.

You will define studio-wide quality gates, instrument engine-integrated testing, and shape build pipelines across targets, while mentoring engineers and driving

Qualifications

• 10+ years in build/release, CI/CD, or test automation engineering, with shipped games across platforms
• Expert-level game engine experience (Unreal, Unity, or a proprietary engine)
• Cross-team impact: initiatives that changed how multiple teams build, test, or ship software
• Proven GitHub Actions CI/CD and build infrastructure that scaled across projects
• Deep Git at scale: large repos/LFS, branching strategy, and migrations
• Deep C#/.NET and/or C++ across build/release tooling and test automation, plus scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• Experience setting technical standards and influencing leadership on infrastructure investments
• Staff-level IC experience (not a people-management role)

Responsibilities

• Automation Architecture: Set technical direction for Git and GitHub Actions CI/CD and test automation across multiple game projects, studios, and platforms
• Quality Strategy: Define studio-wide quality gates, engine-integrated testing, and regression automation
• Platform and Build Strategy: Shape engine, platform, and console build pipelines, SDK management, and certification workflows
• Developer Productivity: Identify bottlenecks in build, iteration, and test times and lead multi-quarter improvements
• Source Control Strategy: Lead repo and branching strategy, including migrations such as Perforce to Git
• Incident Leadership: Lead resolution of complex cross-team build and release incidents
• Standards and Governance: Establish automation standards and review practices
• Tooling and Vendor Evaluation: Evaluate CI platforms, runner infra, and test tooling investments
• Mentorship at Scale: Mentor senior and mid-level engineers across teams
• Technical Communication: Represent automation build engineering in planning discussions

Skills

CI/CD

Build automation

Git

GitHub Actions

C#/.NET

C++

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Architecture leadership

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Perforce

CI pipelines

Job description

Level AI is seeking a Staff Automation Engineer to set the technical direction for build, release, and test automation across game projects and studios. You will architect the CI/CD platform that engineering, art, and production teams in Austin and Auckland rely on, acting as a force multiplier for teams shipping educational games.

You will define studio-wide quality gates, instrument engine-integrated testing, and shape build pipelines across targets, while mentoring engineers and driving