Platform Engineer (Game Development)

Location: United States (Remote); hybrid work from the Saratoga Springs, New York office Tuesday–Thursday is preferred for local candidates, while fully remote candidates should be based in the Eastern United States.

Salary: $100,000–150,000/year

Company

hirify.global is a co-development game studio founded by games industry veterans, focused on solving complex multiplayer game development problems for partner studios.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for game development and live-service games across platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Deploy infrastructure as code with Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or Azure Resource Manager templates.
• Promote cloud security best practices and compliance for gaming infrastructure.
• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines for builds and deployments, including code compilation workflows.
• Respond to live support issues and improve reliability for a live-service game.
• Automate development environments to support multiple teams.

Requirements

• Four years of professional experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience scripting with Python, PowerShell, or Groovy.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of game packaging and deployment requirements for different platforms.
• Experience compiling code or managing pipelines that compile code.
• Experience monitoring and profiling applications with tools such as DataDog, CloudWatch, or Prometheus.
• Ability to debug unexpected development issues.
• Prior game development experience is required.
• Self-motivated, team-oriented, proactive in communication, and focused on unblocking work and prioritizing player experiences.

Nice to have

• Experience with Jenkins, TeamCity, or Azure DevOps for game development projects.
• Experience with additional cloud providers such as AWS or GCP.
• Knowledge of game development workflows and asset management.
• Experience with Go.
• Experience running multi-cloud applications.
• Version control experience for game development, including Perforce or Git LFS.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid office work is available in Saratoga Springs, New York, with Tuesday–Thursday office attendance for local candidates; fully remote work is available for eligible Eastern United States candidates.
• 9 paid holidays, flexible PTO, and an annual winter break closure.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Annual video game budget and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan.