
Senior Build Engineer
People Can Fly Studio
full-time
Posted on:
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