Role Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled
Senior DevOps Engineer
to lead and scale our infrastructure and DevOps practices. This role is a blend of
hands-on technical contribution (IC)
and
strategic leadership
, requiring deep expertise in
AWS cloud infrastructure
, automation, and system reliability.
The ideal candidate will have experience in
high-performance, real-time environments
, preferably within the
gaming industry
, and will play a critical role in building and maintaining systems that power engaging, large-scale gaming experiences.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of
scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS
.
Architect and manage
CI/CD pipelines
to enable rapid, reliable releases.
Act as a
hands-on contributor
, actively writing infrastructure-as-code, automating workflows, and troubleshooting production issues.
Provide
technical leadership and mentorship
to DevOps and engineering teams, setting best practices and standards.
Collaborate closely with game engineers, backend teams, and product stakeholders to support
real-time, low-latency systems
.
Drive
observability, monitoring, and incident response strategies
to ensure high uptime and performance.
Optimize infrastructure for
performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
.
Establish and enforce
security best practices
, compliance, and governance across cloud environments.
Lead initiatives around
containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
and microservices architecture.
Required Skills & Qualifications
6+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
Strong expertise in
AWS services
(EC2, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFront, IAM, VPC, etc.).
Proven experience with
Infrastructure as Code
tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Hands-on experience with
CI/CD tools
(Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
Strong understanding of
containerization and orchestration
(Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with
monitoring & observability tools
(Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
Solid scripting/programming skills (Python, Bash, or Go).
Experience designing and operating
highly available, distributed systems
.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience in the
gaming industry
or real-time, high-traffic consumer applications.
Experience supporting
multiplayer or live-service architectures
.
Familiarity with
scaling systems for millions of users
.
Exposure to
edge computing/CDN optimization
(CloudFront, Fastly, etc.).
Strong understanding of
low-latency system design
.
Leadership Expectations
Act as a
technical leader and decision-maker
for DevOps strategy.
Balance
hands-on IC work (~70-80%)
with
team leadership and mentorship (~30-20%)
.
Influence cross-functional teams and drive
engineering excellence
.
Lead by example in
ownership, reliability, and operational excellence
.
