Software Development Engineer

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client in Redmond, WA that is seeking a Software Development Engineer 3 responsible for supporting, troubleshooting, and improving the build pipelines for game projects to ensure build stability. They will also create and monitor alerts based on observability data from the pipelines. Specifically, this role will be over night to ensure support for our global partners.

• Execute day-to-day tasks to support the operations of the CI/CD pipelines of AAA games using Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, and Perforce
• Routine maintenance such as updating auth tokens for services
• Triage and resolve external partner issue
• Mitigate issues blocking automation tasks from succeeding
• Monitor and create alerts based on data from the build system
• Drive data-backed improvements by identifying areas of improvement and recommend changes
• Monitor and analyze metrics, traces, and logs across all CI/CD systems
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and postmortems
• Combine history and upcoming needs to ensure CI/CD capacity
• Design and implement scripts or similar automation to streamline operations

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working hands-on in Dev Ops or CI/CD tools, like Jenkins
• Minimum of 5 years of experience designing, implementing, and editing scripts to streamline manual operations using languages like Power Shell or Python in a medium or large-scale codebase
• Minimum of 3 years of experience implementing data solutions to measure and monitor KPIs in technologies like SQL or Azure Data Lake
• Experience using data and observability solutions to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for CI/CD infrastructure
• Experience with Perforce source control system
• Knowledge of software development best practices, including agile methodologies and continuous integration and deployment
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to conduct root cause analysis of critical problems
• Outstanding communication and writing skills, including ability to ask questions or share information with clarity and brevity in a team-oriented environment
• Experience with Jira work item tracking
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

• Experience working with Unreal Engine
• Familiarity with Azure or other cloud environments
• C and/or C# proficiency

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note:

Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.