Senior Build Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Build Engineer (Gamedev): Driving technical improvements and contributing to the architecture of build systems, toolchains, CI, and automated testing infrastructure for the Total War series with an accent on CI stability, build cadence, and automation reliability. Focus on optimizing multi-project build pipelines, designing scalable backend storage infrastructure, and ensuring consistent releases across PC and consoles.

Location: Hybrid (Horsham, UK). Must be able to be in the studio 1–2 days per week.

Company

A leading game development studio specializing in deep, detailed strategy games like the Total War series.

What you will do

• Own and evolve multi-project build pipelines, including pre-submit, post-submit, and console/PC workflows.
• Define and drive improvements in CI reliability, error detection, logging standards, and quality guardrails.
• Develop and maintain deployment pipelines to deliver builds to internal teams, QA, and external platforms.
• Design and maintain backend services such as build storage infrastructure, symbol servers, and archiving systems.
• Write and review production-ready code primarily in C++ and C#.
• Establish key metrics and dashboards to track reliability trends and identify hardware or storage bottlenecks.

Requirements

• Strong experience designing and operating build systems, CI/CD pipelines, or DevOps platforms at scale.
• Proficiency in C++ and C# or an equivalent scripting language.
• Experience with console automation (PS5/Xbox) and online store APIs (e.g., Steam/MS).
• Familiarity with Perforce and branching strategies in large-scale, multi-project environments.
• Deep debugging skills across complex multicomponent systems.
• Must be based in or able to relocate to the UK to support hybrid work in Horsham.

Nice to have

• Experience with hardware build farms and on-prem resource management.
• Strong understanding of build storage and archiving performance constraints.
• Experience in improving tooling UX, dashboards, and workflow automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Bespoke relocation package for employees and dependents.
• Temporary "Work from Anywhere" period each year (subject to restrictions).
• Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, and permanent health insurance.
• Enhanced holiday allowance, flexible core hours, and no-notice holidays.
• Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling.