Senior Data Reliability Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Data Reliability Engineer (Python/Spark/Kubernetes): Building and operating large-scale data systems for the Ricochet Anti-Cheat team to process petabytes of game telemetry with an accent on reliability, data integrity, and automated ML pipelines. Focus on designing high-availability ingestion pipelines, implementing GitOps workflows, and ensuring deep observability for production anti-cheat systems.

Location: Available in Vancouver, Canada or Sherman Oaks, USA

Salary: $91,770 - $194,120 CAD

Company

hirify.global Central Tech supports development studios with specialized expertise in big data, security, and online services for iconic franchises like Call of Duty.

What you will do

• Design and operate large-scale, highly-available data pipelines for high-volume game telemetry.
• Create ML data pipelines, including building templates, observability, and automated retraining mechanisms.
• Define and maintain GitOps workflows for secure, automated testing and deployment using GitHub Actions.
• Build comprehensive observability systems including metrics, logs, and dashboards using Prometheus and Grafana.
• Manage operational excellence through incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-mortems.
• Partner with ML and Security teams to support batch, streaming, and online inference workflows.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional programming experience.
• Extensive experience with Python and familiarity with Go.
• Strong proficiency with data technologies including SQL, Spark, and Airflow.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD.
• Expertise in building observability systems with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana.
• Experience with Linux system administration in production environments.

Nice to have

• Experience coding in Rust.
• Background in security, anti-abuse, or anti-cheat data systems.
• Cloud networking experience in Azure.
• Production experience with deep learning system optimization, monitoring, and retraining.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) with company match and tuition reimbursement.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
• Mental health and wellbeing programs.
• Free and discounted games.