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Senior Cloud Engineer

Avalanche Studios Group

Stockholm County, Sweden (Hybrid)

Senior Cloud Engineer

2 Hours ago • 4-8 Years • DevOps • Backend Development • Undisclosed

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Job Description

Avalanche Studios Group seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain the backend infrastructure of their Apex Connect platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Responsibilities include ensuring scalability, security, performance, and cost-efficiency; leading IaC transition; improving CI/CD pipelines; supporting team members; and championing cost-effective, high-availability services. The role requires proficiency in GCP, Kubernetes, IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.), and programming languages (Python, Go, or C++).

Must have:

GCP experience
Kubernetes expertise
IaC proficiency (Terraform, etc.)
CI/CD pipeline experience
Python/Go/C++ experience
Backend infrastructure design
Scalability and security focus

Good to have:

Prometheus/Grafana experience
Cloudflare DNS/DDoS protection
Redis/Memcache experience
Game development passion

Avalanche Studios Group is hiring a Cloud Engineer for our central technology organisation, Central Tech. Central Tech is our core technology team and we innovate in areas that push the boundaries for what open-world sandbox gaming means as well as enhance our players' online experience within our live-service games.

In this role, you will contribute to developing and optimising our backend platform, Apex Connect, and its infrastructure in the cloud. Apex Connect is an integral part of the Apex Engine suite, a robust set of tools and services driving our live-service games. It plays a pivotal role in engaging millions of active players globally, providing essential services such as user authentication, data tracking, live event management, and advanced matchmaking.

As a Cloud Engineer, you will be a part of our engineering team, focusing on setting up, operating, and refining our infrastructure in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

What you'll do

Designing, implementing and maintaining our backend platform infrastructure architecture
Ensuring that our infrastructure is scalable, secure, performant and cost-efficient
Leading the transition and expansion of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Improving our CI/CD pipeline to ensure developer experience as well as service stability
Supporting other members of the team, fostering an inclusive environment of growth and development within Central Tech
Provide technical excellence and problem solving
Be a champion for cost-efficiently running services in commercial cloud environments
Be a champion for the scaling of backend infrastructure to meet high availability requirements

Who you are

Professional experience with cloud or hybrid infrastructure (preferably GCP)
Able to set and explain measurable goals for service quality
Experience with Redis, Memcache, or equivalent
Experience working with package management and dependency
Proficiency with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
Experience in establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Professional experience with one or more of the following programming languages Python, Go or C++
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Chef, etc.)
A solid understanding of software architecture
Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal

Bonus

Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana and Google Cloud Monitoring
Experience with Cloudflare DNS and Cloudflare DDoS protection products
A passion and interest in gaming

Note: Research shows under-represented groups in the industry (especially women) might not apply to a job if they don’t check off every requirement. At Avalanche, we’re more about your drive to learn and interest in tackling challenges than what’s on your resume! So don’t stress if you don’t tick every box— shoot us your application anyway! Diverse opinions and different experiences are what make our teams so great, not itemized lists of qualifications.

The Stockholm location

Our Stockholm office is situated in Södermalm, the beating heart of the city’s game industry. It’s a physical representation of our games – the lush vegetation of Just Cause and theHunter: Call of the Wild meets corroded metal straight out of Mad Max. It has everything you need to make it your creative base camp.

Our values

At Avalanche Studios Group, we create worlds beyond limits. But that’s not exclusive to our games, so we’re committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All Avalanchers have a shared responsibility to create an open work environment where everyone is treated equally and respectfully. Being part of our world is not contingent on your heritage, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.

How to apply

To apply for this position, please register below and provide your CV in English. We review applications continuously. All further studio-related information is provided under a non-disclosure agreement.

At Avalanche Studios Group we're always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our passionate team, but please not that relocation assistance is not available for this role.

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About The Company

Avalanche Studios Group

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Avalanche Studios Group is a leading interactive entertainment company, offering a rich portfolio of games from its divisions Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction, including the Just Cause franchise, Rage 2, theHunter: Call of the Wild and Generation Zero.

Avalanche Studios Group is committed to being a truly inclusive and sustainable workplace that creates innovative games through the power of our people’s creativity. All of Avalanche Studios Group games are developed using the proprietary Apex engine, enabling vast open worlds with endless creative possibilities.

Learn more at www.avalanchestudios.com/