Wizards of the Coast (Skeleton Key studio) is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Developer to join our core build engineering team. You will develop and structure a shared Unreal Engine ecosystem across internal game studios, focused on unlocking developer potential, ensuring build stability, and optimizing iteration flows for multiple simultaneous titles.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate with the team to design a turnkey, cloud-first suite of Unreal Engine build systems and tools.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code to ensure consistency and reproducibility.
- Provide operational support for AWS infrastructure related to the build system.
- Support and administer studio-specific Perforce environments.
- Work with studio teams to optimize systems for cost, scalability, and latency.
- Define standards and best practices for performance, observability, and maintainability of build pipelines.
- Act as a technical partner and mentor to studio engineers, helping teams effectively adopt and scale shared systems.
- Innovate with emerging technologies in build, cloud, and AI.
What We're Looking For
- Strong understanding of cloud solution design patterns (microservices, messaging, distributed cache, containers, networking, IAM) and experience building solutions on AWS.
- Deep experience in infrastructure as code development (AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform) and GitOps practices.
- Experience in administration or advanced expertise with Perforce.
- 3+ years of software development experience, including compiled languages (C#, Golang, or TypeScript) and scripting languages (Bash, Python, JavaScript).
- Excellent ability to build trust and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Unreal or other game engines.
Technical Stack
- AWS, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform, GitOps, Perforce
- C#, Golang, TypeScript, Bash, Python, JavaScript
- Unreal Engine
Team & Environment
You will be part of the core build engineering team, working closely with game development teams across studios.
Wizards of the Coast is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, or any other protected status under the law.
