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Senior Release Engineer

Senior Release Engineer

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Release Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and supporting the processes of production and operation of our games. You will determine the development of build systems, delivery, and testing of our games, work with various relevant tools, and bring your ideas and experience to the product. Your responsibilities will include automating routine processes, developing and supporting automatic testing on the device farm, setting up and developing Git Hooks to avoid errors during development, developing and supporting game production operation, configuring and supporting pipelines on TeamCity, stability monitoring, and interacting with partners.

Must have:

Basic knowledge of Linux, Windows, MacOS
Bash scripting, PowerShell scripting
Strong Python skills
Solid knowledge of Git
Experience working with CI/CD tools, TeamCity/Jenkins

Good to have:

Certificates for creating applications in stores
Understanding the principles of project assembly for different platforms
Experience in a similar position
Experience with TeamCity

Perks:

Flexibility at work
Caring for health and well-being
Professional development and education
Events and merch

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Job Details

Senior Release Engineer

About the company

Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies  in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe  and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

We're looking for a Release Engineer with strong programming skills to join the game project team. You'll develop and support the processes of production and operation of our games. More specifically, you will determine the development of build systems, delivery, and testing of our games, work with various relevant tools, and bring your ideas and experience to the product.

Tasks

Automation of routine processes;
Developing and supporting automatic testing on the device farm;
Setting up and developing Git Hooks to avoid errors during development;
Developing and supporting game production operation: participating in releases, preparing beta versions and patches, setting up and updating game events, A/B tests;
Configuring and supporting pipelines on TeamCity, resolving build issues, interacting with the CI team to ensure efficient operation of TeamCity;
Stability monitoring: crashes, error messages, graphs in Grafana and other tools;
Interacting with partners: transferring all necessary information for app release, assisting in solving their problems.

Our stack

Python, Teamcity, Github, СMake, Ninja, Gradle, Asana

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Linux, Windows, MacOS, Bash scripting, PowerShell scripting
Strong Python skills
Solid knowledge of Git
Experience working with CI/CD tools, TeamCity/Jenkins, or others

Would be a plus:

Certificates for creating applications in stores, such as a certificate for creating an app page in Google Play, or experience releasing applications in gaming stores
Understanding the principles of project assembly for different platforms
Experience in a similar position
Experience with TeamCity

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.

Professional development and education

We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.

Events and merch

We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.