Lead DevOps Engineer

Within the Stillfront Group, we have become the technology leader for online strategy games, utilizing the cross-platform engine and infrastructure we have developed as a technical basis across studios.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be leading our interdisciplinary team developing, building and running our online games. You can expect a professional and international working environment covering great games and a wide scope of technologies:
In the backend, our games share a self-built Java game engine, together with a containerized API written in PHP that we constantly extend and improve. Servers run on a distributed architecture in the Google Cloud and use MySQL for data storage.
In the DevOps engineering, you will work with technologies and services like Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Ansible, AWX, GitHub Actions, DataDog, Docker, Grafana, Sentry, SonarQube, Jenkins and production systems utilizing Google Kubernetes Engine, Linux based VMs, Nginx, Redis, Memcached.
The frontend engine currently uses a modern HTML5 / WebGL / TypeScript / Vue.js stack, deployed to different kinds of platforms like desktop browser, Steam, iOS and Android.
Existing and future games will transition to a Unity-based frontend. We launched our first game already and have more exciting upcoming releases planned for this year and beyond.

YOUR MISSION

• Lead and be part of an experienced and excellent DevOps team.
• Maintain our high-availability production systems by creating stability and scalability.
• Analyze and optimize our high-performance / high-traffic systems on OS & application level.
• Spearhead tooling efforts by prototyping, setting up, establishing, and fine-tuning new tools to improve performance and our dev life.
• Maintain and improve the automated development processes and improve development workflows (Github Actions, Helm, ArgoCD, Ansible, Docker, Webpack, Fastlane, etc.).
• Collaborate closely with the game development, community, and product teams, and our sister studios within the Stillfront Group.
• Broaden your knowledge and deepen your skills through conferences and training and share your learnings with the team afterwards.

YOUR  PROFILE

• Experience with leading a (DevOps) team and the ability to execute on a roadmap effectively and pragmatically. 
• Excellent skills in IT maintenance, database/network architecture, systems integration, as well as automation and system administration (Debian, Linux).
• Experience with high-load / high-availability systems and load optimizations.
• Experience with cloud systems (ideally Google Cloud) and connected management tools (i.e. Terraform / Kubernetes etc).
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art build systems, tech stacks, and toolchains. Passion to extend your knowledge and try out new technologies.
• Good skills in Java or other high-level programming languages.
• Experience in shipping, developing, and running at least one commercial product or game.
• Ability to articulate and document technical designs clearly and analytically.
• Fluent English, both verbal and written.

Further desirable skills:

• Passion for video games.
• Knowledge of multiplayerPvP/online game development practices.
• Familiarity with agile software development and scrum-based working environments.

Bytro Labs

“Connect and Challenge Players. Anytime. Anywhere.”

As a proud member of the Stillfront Group, we create grand strategy games enjoyed by over 50 million registered players across 150 countries in 13 languages. Our mission is to develop high-quality strategy games that are accessible to players worldwide. Game development, for us, is a promise of fun and entertainment – it’s what drives us every day.

Our team is diverse and international, fostering a culture of open communication and flat hierarchies. We support the autonomous work of our agile teams, ensuring each employee contributes meaningfully to our success. We believe in efficient work and collective achievement.