Senior DevOps Engineer

About Soul Assembly

Soul Assembly is a vibrant and multi-award winning games developer at the forefront of XR technology. From our charming offices in the heart of Leamington Spa, we've created some of the most high-profile and widely downloaded titles in the XR space. With a large team of passionate professionals, we're poised for exponential growth in the exciting realms of XR, MR, and the metaverse.

Our studio prides itself on fostering a supportive and creative environment where innovation thrives. Our ethos, "Making Games With Heart and Soul," is at the core of everything we do. By joining Soul Assembly now, you'll be stepping into a world of limitless possibilities, where your technical expertise can truly make an impact.

The Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Soul Assembly, you'll be the backbone of our development teams, ensuring our build services infrastructure runs like clockwork to fuel the creation of ground-breaking videogames. We're seeking a proactive problem-solver with a passion for reliability and efficiency, who can support our talented teams crafting leading-edge titles using Unity and Unreal Engine.

In this pivotal role, you'll champion fast, dependable builds that empower our game developers to deliver seamless experiences to QA, reviewers, publishers, and stakeholders—whether for testing, submissions, internal reviews, or beyond. Your work will span multiple teams, driving the studio's success by maintaining and monitoring our infrastructure, tracking build performance, and providing crystal-clear visibility into outcomes, from individual runs to long-term trends.

You'll take ownership of our build hardware and software ecosystem, keeping everything up-to-date and scaling capacity to meet future demands. With ample scope for leadership, you'll influence and implement enhancements to our systems, delivering best-in-class services that keep us ahead of the curve. And let's not forget the creative side: leverage your software development chops to craft ingenious tools, like automated testing solutions, that supercharge our game titles and streamline workflows.

Collaboration is at the heart of our studio, and you'll engage proactively with development teams and the wider studio to understand needs, prioritise improvements, and communicate clear roadmaps for our DevOps evolution. We're looking for someone who thrives on technical challenges, communicates with clarity, and brings infectious enthusiasm to every build.

In this position, you'll have the chance to shape the infrastructure behind XR innovation, tackling the unique demands of game development while pushing the boundaries of what's possible in virtual reality. Your expertise will be instrumental as we continue to innovate and grow.

The Ideal Candidate

We're seeking someone with:

• Experience of CI/CD pipelines
• Proficiency in Jenkins and/or TeamCity or similar CI/CD software (e.g., Azure DevOps Pipelines)
• Strong Python skills
• Bash scripting expertise
• Solid Linux/Unix experience
• macOS proficiency
• Git usage via command line
• Hands-on experience with Docker—creating and deploying containers
• Knowledge of Grafana and Prometheus
• Expertise in monitoring and alerting
• Excellent communication and engagement skills, with the ability to proactively discuss requirements, prioritise enhancements, and share improvement plans with cross-functional teams

Desirable Skills

• Unity development experience
• Unreal Engine development experience
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Proficiency with Perforce
• Skills in optimising build times for game projects
• Familiarity with Jira or other ticketing systems
• Experience with Confluence or similar collaboration tools
• And more— we're always open to innovative thinkers

Qualifications

Ideally a Computer Science or IT-related degree-level qualification. Equivalent professional experience is also very welcome.

Why Join Soul Assembly?

Joining the team now will give you the chance to be a part of a successful and growing team, that is going from strength to strength. We'll also give you the opportunity to:

• Enjoy a relaxed, friendly and progressive work environment
• 25 days annual leave, with the ability to take 5 days over per year
• Enhanced Pension
• Holiday Buy scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Length of Service rewards
• Help define the studio culture and values
• Contribute your input and ideas to our games and to all areas of our business
• Be involved in defining studio processes and working practices.

In addition, we will:

• Pay a competitive salary, negotiable based on experience
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Private Medical Insurance
• Provide regular activities such as pub, cinema nights and team-building events
• Relocation package for non-UK residents with support for all dependants
• Commitment to adding additional benefits as we grow.

At Soul Assembly, we strive to provide an inclusive environment where everyone, irrespective of background, can do their best work and be part of our rapid success and growth. Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and being a good fit with our company values and mission statement.

Soul Assembly is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please let us know.