People Can Fly Studio

Senior Build Engineer

People Can Fly Studio

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Canada

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About the role

  • Ensure stable builds are produced, patched, and delivered regularly to the production team.
  • Ensure that changes made to the engine as part of other projects are correctly integrated.
  • Collaborate with the client's QA engineering team (who own the build farm and network services) to quickly resolve build and integration issues.
  • Extend and maintain continuous integration pipelines (e.g., automated runs for crash detection, performance telemetry, and regression testing).
  • Monitor build health and respond quickly to outages or stalls.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of production tools aimed at improving daily workflows (e.g., in-game Jira requests, sync scripts, data validation).
  • Provide scripting support to designers and technical artists so they can remain productive and self-sufficient.
  • Investigate and resolve technical issues encountered by the development team as a whole.
  • Support packaging final releases for platform submission.
  • Ensure smooth processes when transitioning builds from development to stable environments.

Requirements

  • Strong programming skills in Python and C#.
  • Experience using custom tools, pipelines, or proprietary engines.
  • Knowledge of continuous integration/continuous deployment systems and automated build processes.
  • Proven troubleshooting skills and the ability to support multidisciplinary teams.
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
  • A plus: Experience in development support roles for games (build engineer, tools programmer, technical support programmer).
  • Knowledge of C++.
  • Familiarity with Maya scripting processes.
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks.
  • Experience developing and delivering builds for consoles.
Benefits
  • A benefits package 100% paid by PCF.
  • The insurer reimburses claims at 100% (up to $1,000 of services per year, in addition to family or individual coverage).
  • Comprehensive dental coverage, including major dental care and orthodontics.
  • RRSP contribution match equal to 4% before tax deductions, 100% vested from day one.
  • One week of paid time off during the winter holidays.
  • 20 days of paid vacation and 5 days of paid sick leave.
  • Free virtual health and mental wellness care sessions, included in the plan for members and their dependents.
  • Opportunities for personal development and the chance to work in a global environment.
  • The opportunity to work within a creative team of people passionate about what they do.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
PythonC#C++continuous integrationcontinuous deploymentautomated build processesautomated testing frameworksscriptingdata validationperformance telemetry
Soft skills
troubleshootingcommunicationcollaborationsupportproblem-solvingmultidisciplinary teamworkadaptabilityself-sufficiencyworkflow improvementmindset