Build Engineer Intern - Summer 2025

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

Join Magnopus as a Build Engineer Intern and gain hands-on experience in creating and maintaining infrastructure for development, testing, and deployment pipelines. This internship offers an opportunity to work with experienced engineers in a professional game development environment. You'll contribute to the creation of stable, automated build environments and help ensure the quality and reliability of development workflows. Responsibilities include supporting build pipelines, assisting with scripting tasks, collaborating with software engineers, and documenting build processes. The role is ideal for someone passionate about DevOps and game development infrastructure.
Must have:
  • Basic scripting ability in PowerShell, Python, or equivalent tools.
  • Familiarity with DevOps concepts, automation, or infrastructure as code.
  • Coursework or personal experience with programming in object-oriented languages.
  • Comfortable working in Windows and/or macOS development environments.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Good to have:
  • Interest in learning CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
  • Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
  • A passion for automation and Build systems.
Perks:
  • Build real-world experience in game development infrastructure.
  • Gain exposure to production-grade tools and workflows.
  • Be mentored by industry professionals.
  • Be part of a team that values creativity and learning.

Job Details

Join our team as a Build Engineer Intern and gain hands-on experience in creating and maintaining infrastructure that powers seamless development, testing, and deployment pipelines. This internship offers an exciting opportunity to work closely with experienced engineers in a professional game development environment, learning industry-standard tools and best practices for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD). You'll contribute to the creation of stable, automated build environments and help ensure the quality and reliability of our development workflows. This role is ideal for someone passionate about DevOps, scripting, and game development infrastructure, with a strong desire to learn and grow.


Responsibilities
  • Support the maintenance and improvement of automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.
  • Assist with scripting tasks to streamline and automate development workflows.
  • Collaborate with software engineers to troubleshoot and resolve build-related issues.
  • Document build processes, configurations, and infrastructure tools for internal use.
  • Contribute to feedback loops by integrating build metrics and alerts into monitoring systems.


Baseline Qualifications
  • Basic scripting ability in PowerShell, Python, Gradle, or equivalent tools.
  • Familiarity with DevOps concepts, automation, or infrastructure as code.
  • Coursework or personal experience with programming in object-oriented languages such as C#, Python, or C++.
  • Comfortable working in Windows and/or macOS development environments.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.


Preferred Skills
  • Interest in learning CI/CD tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or similar.
  • Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git or Perforce).
  • A passion for automation and Build systems.


Bonus Points
  • Exposure to Unity or Unreal Engine, or iOS development.
  • Experience building projects for macOS.
  • Experience working in a Linux environment.Enthusiasm for VR/AR, interactive media, or game technology.
  • Previous experience setting up CI/CD pipelines in school or personal projects.
  • Passion for games and staying up-to-date with emerging development tools and practices.


Why Join Us?

This internship is a fantastic opportunity to build real-world experience in game development infrastructure, gain exposure to production-grade tools and workflows, and contribute meaningfully to projects in a dynamic and innovative environment. You’ll be mentored by industry professionals and be part of a team that values creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning.


$19 - $19 an hour
Salaries offered are based on candidate experience, internal equity, and the level at which they are hired.

Magnopus is an experience focused technology company founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that unite the physical and digital worlds.


Because we’re building the future, we endeavor to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together. We invest in our employee's progression with ongoing education and mentorship opportunities through their guilds, and support their happiness and productivity through generous health care, time off, and other benefits. 


We try to foster a safe environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures. While we value individual talents, we favor collaboration more. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around. We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate.


Though we’ve delivered a lot of crazy stuff, here are a few you can check out at home:


Mission: ISS

Disney Pixar Coco VR

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab

The Lion King - Virtual Production

Elixir

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