As a DevOps Engineer at Agora (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.Interactive Entertainment), you will be working primarily on our online game services platform called “Hydra Studio”, in addition to some other internal technologies. You will be responsible for managing the infrastructure behind very complex data processing and presentation tools that integrate tightly with some of the industry’s biggest game franchises. You will work as part of a highly talented team of producers, engineers, and business specialists to expand the Hydra platform, and ensure an efficient and stable environment for WB Games’ catalogue of products.

We are looking for a candidate with the ability to quickly learn new platforms. We use many different technologies within Hydra, and while we don’t expect you to know them all coming in, we need a candidate who can quickly learn and be proficient with them!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Own automation of the infrastructure platform
  • Work on incorporating Agora Games’ engineering practices into infrastructure operations
  • Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug problems, live, on very complex systems
  • Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents
  • Experience delivering large, complex, highly available software systems
  • Experience developing and operating distributed systems
  • Knowledge of design patterns, SOA, refactoring and unit testing
  • Experience with web application servers, web development frameworks, proxy servers, and relational databases
  • A detail-oriented, organized thought process and the ability to act decisively under stressful conditions
  • A proactive mindset and the ability to multitask and prioritize requirements
  • A self-motivated work process and excellent communication skills
  • An understanding of system optimization issues
  • Experience with system monitoring tools
  • Interest in working on-site at our office in Troy, NY
  • Languages: Python, C++, Ruby, C#, Java, Javascript, TypeScript
  • OS: Linux, Windows, OS X
  • Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, Redis
  • Frameworks: Rails, node.js, Flask
  • Misc: Saltstack, Git, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ, Munin, Sensu, Sentry
  • Competitive salaries
  • Benefits: medical, dental, and vision programs for you and your dependents
  • Company-matching 401K retirement program
  • Free games, discounts, and other employee benefits offered by Warner Bros.
  • An open & collaborative work space
  • We value a good work-life balance
  • The code and systems you work on will be in production and used by millions of gamers all around the world, within some of the most popular IP in the video game industry.