Sr Cloud Platform Engineer WOTC

Job summary

Wizards of the Coast is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join their Central Technology Build Engineering team. This role involves designing, building, and running scalable AWS architectures for Unreal Engine build systems and tools, supporting game development teams, and optimizing systems for cost, scale, and latency.

Qualifications

• Fundamental understanding of cloud solution design patterns (microservices, messaging, distributed caching, containers, networking, IAM, etc.) and creating solutions in AWS
• Exceptional experience with infrastructure as code development (AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform) and gitops practices
• Administration experience or expert knowledge with Perforce
• 3+ years of software development experience including compiled programs (such as C#, Golang, or TypeScript) and scripting (such as Bash, Python, JavaScript)
• Experience with Unreal or other game engines desirable
• Strong ability to build trust and clarity in communication with technical and non-technical audiences
• Exposure to Agile/SCRUM methodologies
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Work with the team to design a ready-made cloud-first suite of Unreal Engine build systems and tooling
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code to ensure consistency and repeatability
• Support ongoing AWS operations for build infrastructure
• Support and administer studio-specific Perforce environments
• Work with studio teams to optimize our systems for cost, scale, 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 adopt and extend shared systems effectively
• Innovate with emerging build technologies, cloud and AI

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