Senior Build & Release Engineer

Who We Are

Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio owned by Take-Two Interactive, located in the greater-Boston area. Our studio designed and released award-winning games, such as System Shock 2, BioShock and BioShock Infinite. We are currently working on our next project and would love for you to be part of our team.

Great Place to Work® has certified our workplace culture and 94% of employees say their workplace is great. We are however, dedicated to building our best workplace yet.

The Challenge

Ghost Story Games is hard at work on a new project that will provide the right candidate an opportunity to work on exciting new game experiences. We are looking for a Senior Build and Release Engineer to maintain and improve the build/release pipeline for our game as well as any other associated automated processes. The right candidate would be responsible for continuous integration, merging/branching, deployment, and other processes we’ve automated to improve the workflow of our developers. The candidate would be expected to own these systems end-to-end, maintain the roadmap for the team, and collaborate with other members of the automation team.

What You’ll Take On

• Maintain a robust and reliable automated build and continuous integration process for the management of code and digital assets.
• Monitor build servers and developer systems, proactively solving developer problems before being reported.
• Make sure these systems communicate effectively with the team at-large to facilitate efficient error resolution.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot build problems, setting expectations and communicating them to the team.
• Support the automation of manual tasks to reduce downtime and improve stability of systems.
• Define, implement, and champion policies to significantly increase the efficiency of our software development/delivery process.
• Management and documentation of deployment processes and automation.
• Working closely with developers and QA to ensure builds are stable upon release.
• Working closely with IT to make sure the right infrastructure and processes are in place and assist with system management (Hansoft, Perforce, and project databases)
• Be the primary point of contact for questions and concerns from our team as well as external vendors.
• Ability to lead/mentor other members of the automation team.
• Direct the long-term roadmap for the extension and improvement of our automated systems.
• Maintain automated systems running on Jenkins.
• Maintain and extend cloud analytics end-to-end - from events sent in engine to cloud data storage to data reporting tools (Dundas).
• Coordinate with the IT team hardware and infrastructure improvements.
• Assist with the build/release process during release windows including the management of perforce streams and the merging of changes between them.
• Maintain and extend the UnrealGameSync tool.

What You Bring

• At least 5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Participated in at least 1 major release in a similar role.
• Perforce
• Jenkins Configuration As Code
• Git
• C++, C#
• Groovy/Java
• SQL
• Knowledge of Build and Release Engineering principles and methodologies including source control, branch management, and build testing using Perforce.
• Scripting and automation skills in one or more of PowerShell, Python, bash, or similar.
• Solid understanding of continuous integration best practices.
• Experience with automated build systems such as Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus, or equivalent.
• Experience with Unreal (specifically commandlets) and Steam a must.
  • Bonus points for blueprint experience

What We Offer You

• Great Company Culture. Consistently ranked as one of the most creative and innovative places to work. Creativity, innovation, and efficiency are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
• Benefits. Medical (HSA & FSA), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, commuter benefits and more!
• Perks. Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events and healthy snacks.

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