<p><strong>Role Overview</strong></p><p>We are seeking a Senior Build & Release Pipeline Engineer to support a small game studio on a 3-month consulting engagement focused on stabilizing and improving multi-platform build and release pipelines. This is a hands-on advisory role, not a long-term operations position, and is best suited for someone experienced working within legacy and constrained environments, particularly console SDKs.</p><p> </p><p>You will assess the current setup, recommend pragmatic improvements, implement high-impact changes, and provide documentation and knowledge transfer so the internal team can sustainably own the pipeline after the engagement.</p><p> </p><p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p><ul><li>Audit existing build and release processes across platforms</li><li>Identify key risks, bottlenecks, and single points of failure</li><li>Design and implement a more reliable, maintainable build pipeline</li><li>Improve consistency of build machines and remote access workflows</li><li>Implement or refine CI/CD where appropriate, within platform constraints</li><li>Advise on on-prem vs cloud approaches, considering proprietary SDK limitations</li><li>Establish clearer traceability between builds, commits, tasks, and bugs</li><li>Define and document workflows for builds, releases, bug tracking and QA handoff</li><li>Provide documentation, training, and knowledge transfer to the team</li></ul><p><strong>Environment & Platforms</strong></p><ul><li>Game development across Windows, Linux, macOS, and console platforms</li><li>Primary focus on Steam and Nintendo builds</li><li>Unity plus custom tooling</li><li>On-prem server room and physical dev kits</li><li>CI/CD tooling may include TeamCity, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar</li><li>Task tracking in Asana (experience improving or migrating workflows is a plus)</li></ul>
<p>This is a great career opportunity to join a well-established market research company, as their first ever in-house software developer, with a specific focus on data science, automation and AI-tools. This company is a leader in industry-specific market research, and they promote their services to professionals across Canada and the US. </p><p><br></p><p>So if you’re a software developer who has an interest in data, automation and AI tools, then this could be a great role for you. A background in data science or statistics would be considered an asset for this role.</p><p><br></p><p>The position itself will offer a lot of variety from day-to-day. You will be leading a wide variety of software development activities, including data analysis, business process automation, AI tool selection, and miscellaneous software development projects. </p><p>This company offers a ‘remote first’ working environment, so you will work primarily from your home office. The team members are primarily in the Vancouver area, and there are periodical get-togethers with other staff in Vancouver throughout the year. Applicants for this role should be living in the Vancouver area, or nearby.</p><p><br></p><p>This role is best suited if you are a versatile software developer, who enjoys doing a wide variety of tasks. Since this is the first time for the company to have a dedicated, in-house software developer, there is still lots of ‘blank canvas’ and a chance to setup processes and tools from scratch. At the same time, you will be well-supported and you’ll be joining a mature company. Your job will be to combine all these ingredients and take their software, tools and automation to the next level. </p><p><br></p><p>This is a full-time position, and includes a competitive base salary, paid vacation and extended health and dental benefits. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>How to Apply</strong></p><p><br></p><p>A bit about myself - my name is Nathan Wawruck, and I am a recruitment consultant based in Vancouver, BC. I have over a decade of matching software and IT professionals to job opportunities, and I am always looking to connect with like-minded people in the Vancouver area.</p><p><br></p><p>If you're interested in pursuing this role, please apply to this posting online, and contact me for an initial discussion. This is a chance for us to discuss specifics, such as the company name, the key hiring managers, and the more in-depth job requirements. This is also a great opportunity to talk about your overall career goals and preferences. We can even discuss other potential roles which may fit what you're looking for. Please find me on LinkedIn by searching my name: Nathan Wawruck</p>
