Build Systems Engineer (Unreal Horde/Jenkins)

Location: Hybrid in Austin, Texas, United States. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future employer sponsorship.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes video games across major platforms, including NBA hirify.global, BioShock, Borderlands, Mafia, Civilization, XCOM, and other established franchises.

What you will do

• Lead and support the migration of studio build pipelines from on-premise environments to cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain and optimize production build systems based on Unreal Engine Horde and Jenkins.
• Develop reusable build automation scripts, pipeline components, and CI/CD integrations.
• Standardize build configurations across multiple game studios while supporting team-specific requirements.
• Implement observability solutions and monitor build ecosystem reliability, uptime, and cloud performance.
• Collaborate with developers, platform engineers, DevOps/TechOps teams, and Perforce specialists to troubleshoot and improve build workflows.

Requirements

• Production-level experience running and maintaining build systems for game development pipelines.
• Hands-on experience migrating build pipelines to AWS, Azure, or GCP while maintaining high uptime and performance.
• Experience with CI/CD, Agile, and DevOps methodologies in software or game development.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation with Python, C#, or similar languages.
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, and configuration management tools such as Puppet.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Windows and Linux, including the ability to isolate and resolve build pipeline failures.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace committed to equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation.
• Collaboration with development studios and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Opportunities to improve CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, automation, and technical documentation practices.
• Visa sponsorship or assistance is not available for this position.