Senior DevOps Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (Gamedev): Developing, building, and running online games while maintaining high-availability production systems with an accent on stability, scalability, and system optimization. Focus on spear-heading tooling efforts, migrating legacy systems to modern deployments, and improving automated development workflows.

Location: Hybrid, with offices in Hamburg, Germany and San Ġiljan, Malta.

Company

hirify.global is a global strategy game powerhouse shaping the future of long-term multiplayer gaming with studios in Hamburg and Malta.

What you will do

• Maintain high availability production systems, focusing on stability and scalability.
• Analyze and optimize high-performance/high-traffic systems at OS and application levels.
• Spearhead tooling efforts by prototyping, setting up, establishing, and fine-tuning new tools.
• Support migration from legacy systems (GCE) to modern best-practice deployments (Kubernetes, IaC, CaC).
• Maintain and improve automated development processes and workflows using Github Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, and Docker.
• Collaborate closely with game development, community, and product teams.

Requirements

• Excellent skills in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and Configuration-as-Code (Ansible).
• Excellent skills in Database Management (MySQL, PostgreSQL), Network Architecture, and Systems Administration (Debian/Linux).
• Experience with high load / high availability systems and load optimizations.
• Experience working with Hyperscalers, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience in shipping, developing, and running at least one commercial product or game.
• Ability to communicate effectively and objectively in English.

Nice to have

• Passion for video games and knowledge of multiplayer/PvP/online game development practices.
• Good skills in Java or other high-level programming languages.
• Experience working in an agile environment, preferably using Kanban.

Culture & Benefits

• Professional and international working environment with over 30 nationalities.
• Flexible hybrid work models.
• Career Path Framework, mentorship culture, language courses, e-learning platforms, and support for conferences/training.
• Team-focused environment with game nights, casual drinks, quiz nights, and karaoke.
• Opportunity to work with C#, JavaScript/HTML5, Java, and PHP game technologies.