DevOps Engineer
Helsinki
Are you an analytical DevOps Engineer up for scaling and supporting high-volume backend services?
If yes, Metacore could be the right place for you
We are a Helsinki-based game company best known for our hit game Merge Mansion and our people-first company culture. Built on trust, our culture allows us to work autonomously, efficiently, and ambitiously. We have mutually agreed on five cultural norms to describe how we build trust and work as Metacore – you can find them here.
Our company’s mission is to entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades. Although we already entertain 40,000,000+ players worldwide and have grown into a team of 120+ game industry professionals in less than two years, we’re only getting started. That’s where we hope you come in: to make us even better at managing our high-volume game backends and infrastructure on AWS.
Location:
Helsinki, Finland
Relocation:
Relocating to Finland expected, full support provided
Remote work:
Hybrid model of office and remote work
Start date:
Flexible, ideally as soon as possible
Working language:
English
Responsibilities
DevOps Engineer plays a key role in shaping how we manage our cloud infrastructure and game backends. In practice, this means (at least) the following:
Managing high-volume game backends and infrastructure on AWS—including implementation, monitoring, operating and troubleshooting
Being responsible for scaling, developing and automating the infrastructure
Building, supporting and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and release processes for game teams
Introducing DevOps culture and ecosystem, and having a real impact on our DevOps practices
Requirements
Every role is eventually shaped to match our unique passions, backgrounds and strengths. Here are some of the key skills and experience you should already have when joining Metacore as a DevOps Engineer:
At least 3 years of experience in DevOps, Operations or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles
Experience on running production workloads in AWS with Kubernetes (EKS) or other container orchestration technologies
Ability to support game teams with infrastructure, and application build- and deployment processes—so things run smoothly
Good understanding of Linux system administration, and knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Practical know-how in developing automation scripts with commonly used languages such as Bash and Python
Excellent problem-solving skills and high team spirits topped with a can do attitude
In addition to these, it would be nice but not mandatory for you to have these as well:
- Background in other public cloud providers and technologies
Sounds about right? Then let’s talk!
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About Metacore
Our company is formed by great teams and individuals. Together, we work rather as Metacore than for Metacore – aiming for the same goal of entertaining our audience with world-class mobile games. As Metacore, we’re much more than the sum of our skills, experiences and knowledge.
Our Culture
Metacore is the game company where players are the closest thing to a boss. In other words, our teams and individuals enjoy a lot of freedom and responsibility in their work. Everyone can find the optimal way for reaching their goals – as long as it respects our company culture.
Relocation
Metacore office is located in Helsinki, Finland – one of the world’s most vivid game hubs, inhabited by the world’s happiest people. We welcome game industry talents from all walks of life, around the world, and do our best to help them settle here.
Careers
Everyone in our team approaches mobile games with pure excitement. We play them and talk about them, but because that’s not enough, we also develop them. Read more about whom we hire and what our recruiting process is like.