Sr. Platform Engineer - #34434

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in strengthening the company’s technical foundation as it supports a major global game studio. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help build and scale the infrastructure that powers the delivery of high-quality gaming experiences. Your contributions will directly impact the performance, reliability, and growth of platform operations across live game environments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

·        Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes-based platforms that are massively scalable and highly reliable

·        Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment of microservices to Kubernetes clusters

·        Serve as a technical escalation point for platform and infrastructure issues

·        Collaborate with engineering teams to implement infrastructure as code and GitOps practices

·        Monitor and enhance the performance, reliability, and security of our Kubernetes ecosystem

·        Champion DevOps and platform engineering best practices throughout the organization

·        Mentor junior platform engineers and share knowledge across teams

·        Participate in on-call rotation to ensure platform stability

Create comprehensive documentation for platform services, components, and processes

Must-have Skills / Qualification:

• Strong background in software development or site reliability engineering
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Proven experience designing and implementing platform engineering solutions
• Expert knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker or containerd
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform services, especially GKE, Cloud Build, Cloud Storage, and IAM
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Cloud Monitoring
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd)
• Understanding of secrets management and security best practices in Kubernetes environments
• Experience with GitOps workflows and tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Solid understanding of networking concepts within Kubernetes and cloud environments
• Team-oriented mindset with excellent communication skills and a commitment to continuous improvement

Advantageous Skills/Experience:

• Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid-cloud Kubernetes deployments
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or Kubernetes certification
• Familiarity with Kubernetes operators and custom resource definitions (CRDs)
• Knowledge of advanced Kubernetes concepts such as admission controllers or custom schedulers
• Understanding of game publishing infrastructure requirements
• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) workloads on Kubernetes
• Experience managing databases in Kubernetes environments (e.g., StatefulSets, database operators)
• Familiarity with Kubernetes-native CI/CD tools such as Tekton
• Contributions to open-source Kubernetes or cloud-native projects
• Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones
• Background in implementing MLOps workflows on Kubernetes
• Passion for online games and gaming culture
• Interest in space sci-fi