Avalanchestudios8mo ago

Senior Cloud Engineer

Sweden·StockholmPermanent Employmentsenior

EngineeringDevOps & InfrastructureCloud EngineerDevops EngineerInfrastructure & Cloud

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Overview

Avalanche Studios Group is hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer for our central technology organisation, Tech Foundations. In this crossfunctional team 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…

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The Position:

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).

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 Tech Foundations

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

3+ years of 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 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. Our hybrid model requires you to be in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to foster collaboration and creativity.

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 note that relocation assistance is not available for this role.