Build Engineer (Game Development)

TL;DR

Build Engineer (Game Development): Developing and maintaining Unreal-Engine-based game build pipelines and related tools with an accent on reducing wait times and lowering operational costs. Focus on optimizing workflows around the build infrastructure, implementing testing and profiling frameworks, and establishing best practices for test automation.

Location: Onsite in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Salary: $90,000 - $110,000 CAD per year

Company

hirify.global Industries is an independent studio behind the successful military first-person shooter game, “Squad”, and has expanded into serving as a publisher supporting mods and has released their newest title, "Starship Troopers: Extermination".

What you will do

• Develop, improve, and maintain Unreal-Engine-based game build pipelines and related tools to reduce wait times and lower operational costs.
• Develop and improve scalable and maintainable infrastructure, on premise and in the cloud, for delivering games and their contents efficiently and effectively.
• Champion automation to solve build, testing, and content delivery challenges on AAA-quality games.
• Collaborate with game teams to optimize their respective workflows around the build infrastructure.
• Implement, deploy, and operate testing and profiling frameworks for games.

Requirements

• CI/CD build systems such as Jenkins for building a game on the Unreal Engine for PC and console platforms.
• Previous experience with managing and operating build systems is essential.
• In-depth knowledge of Perforce.
• Know how to setup a performant build and release pipeline using tools provided by the Unreal Engine.
• Broad understanding of automated testing methodologies.
• Good working knowledge of Powershell, batch, and shell scripting, and other scripting languages commonly used in a build pipeline.
• Effective communication with strong written and verbal skills in addition to the ability to write concise, understandable technical documentation.

Nice to have

• Unreal Engine 5 and its build tools.
• C# and C++.
• AAA game development using the Unreal or Unity engine.
• Building for and distributing to console platforms in a AAA game studio for an Unreal Engine game.
• Container orchestration and management tools (e.g, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).

Culture & Benefits

• Extended health and dental benefits.
• Wellness and health spending accounts.
• Retirement savings plan.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation and 2 weeks of paid studio shutdown over the December holiday period.
• Wonderful colleagues!