DevOps Engineer | Entertainment / Games | 55K – 65K | Fully Remote 

We’re thrilled to be hiring a DevOps Engineer for a expanding entertainment studio based in London. Our client has quickly established itself as a key player, with their platform already surpassing a million downloads. As they continue to grow, they are expanding both the variety of content and the tools supporting user-generated experiences on their platform

As part of the Live Operations Team, you’ll manage cloud and build infrastructure while helping to scale live operations across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and monitor scalable cloud services for peak performance.
• Work with diverse technology infrastructures to implement improvements for scalability and growth (focus on managed cloud services and Unity3D).
• Develop automation solutions for streamlined deployment, monitoring, and health checks.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for core cloud environments.
• Maintain existing services, applying patches and security updates.
• Implement backup solutions and disaster recovery plans.
• Promote DevOps practices across the team, ensuring game health monitoring.
• Mentor team members in DevOps best practices.
• Assist in developing an out-of-hours policy for live platform incidents.
• Act as the first-line responder for any infrastructure issues.

Experience & Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps role, supporting live/online products or web-based services (SaaS, Entertainment, Streaming, Software, Gaming).
• Experience with live operations or gaming is a plus but not essential.
• Hands-on experience with managed services in GCP, Azure, or AWS (Google Cloud Platform preferred but not required).
• Proficiency with at least one DevOps build pipeline tool (e.g., Bitbucket Pipelines, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Solid understanding of Docker and comfortable in Linux terminal environments.
• Scripting or programming experience.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience interacting with senior stakeholders and external clients.
• Previous work with mobile deployments or web connectivity (games or otherwise) is a bonus.
• Comfortable working in a smaller team/start-up environment, building processes from the ground up 

Benefits:

• Remote working (UK-based applicants only)
• Employee Equity Plan
• Pension scheme
• Holiday entitlement
• Flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity for autonomy and growth in an exciting start-up environment

Please note: Sponsorship is not available. Only applicants eligible to work in the UK will be considered.

Keywords:
DevOps, Infrastructure, IAC, GCP, Gaming, Entertainment, Mobile, CI/CD, Cloud, Live Operations, Online Services.