Senior DevOps Engineer

About the role

DevOps engineering is an essential part of any modern game studio: it's the glue that holds everything together. That's why we're looking for a senior DevOps engineer who is passionate about building and optimising high-performance, reliable, and scalable systems.

You would be joining a small team with the intention of growing, where you would be able to specialise over time. If you enjoy architecting cloud infrastructure, optimising build pipelines, automating tasks, implementing security tools and policies, and working closely with game development, this is the place for you.

What you’ll be doing

• Architecting Robust Infrastructure: Designing and maintaining a scalable, highly available infrastructure to support game development operations
• Automation Champion: Leading automation efforts to streamline processes and reduce manual, repetitive tasks across the development pipeline
• CI/CD Enhancement: Continuously optimising CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery and improve reliability
• Developer Tooling: Creating and maintaining scripts, tools, and utilities to enhance the development experience and productivity
• Security and Compliance: Implementing security best practices and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations in our infrastructure and development processes
• Performance Tuning: Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks in the infrastructure to ensure a smooth gaming experience
• Scalability Planning: Assisting in capacity planning and scalability assessments to ensure our infrastructure can handle growing demands
• Monitoring and Alerting: Implementing robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and address potential issues

What We'd Like to See

• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly using Terraform to manage infrastructure resources
• Containerization Expertise: A solid understanding of containerization technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud Experience: Hands-on experience working with AWS or an equivalent cloud provider, including cloud infrastructure provisioning and management
• Security Focus: A "zero-trust" approach to securing both cloud and on-premises resources, emphasising security best practices
• Problem-Solving and Innovation: Strong problem-solving skills and a forward-thinking mindset to continuously improve our DevOps processes
• Mentorship and Collaboration: A willingness to support and mentor, contributing to a collaborative work environment
• OS Agnostic: You will mostly work in Linux environments, but need to be comfortable with some work in a Windows environment
• Programming Languages: Proficient writing scripts in Bash and Python. Capability to read and understand one or more of the following programming languages: C++, JavaScript, Typescript and C#
• Additional Tool Familiarity: A bonus if you have experience with any of the following tools: Vault, Nomad, Consul or Packer, as they are relevant to our tech stack

About us

Modoyo means the Mojo Dojo; a place where we nurture stellar collaboration and an environment where the best ideas can crystallize and flourish.

We are a new studio in Stockholm, Sweden, founded by game industry veterans from Paradox, EA, Sega, DICE, King, Avalanche, Mojang and more. Our strong intention is to grow an environment where the best ideas, conversations and collaborations make up the most creative and psychologically safe atmosphere in the industry.

Located centrally in Södermalm, our team consists of 30 talented game-makers of all levels, and we’re looking to grow our team with humble and positive industry drivers.

Benefits

• Generous employee stock options(!)
• 30 paid vacation days (+ paid leave on “squeeze days”)
• 4500kr Wellbeing Allowance from your first day!
• Complete flexibility in both work hours and hybrid remote location
• Occupational pension
• Life, Injury and Health insurance
• Cozy office on the island of Södermalm, located in central Stockholm
• Potentially the best colleagues you have ever had :)

Details

• This is a full time position
• We strongly prefer you to be based in Stockholm, Sweden. However, for the right talent and studio-fit we are open to finding solutions
• We are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship to applicants, but are hoping to in the future