Develop tools for consumer game production, including launchers, data-entry utilities, Unreal Engine editor extensions, converters and checkers, while supporting middleware and OSS adoption.
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The freelance infrastructure engineer will design, build, and operate infrastructure for mobile games and distributed systems. Responsibilities also include designing, building, and operating development environments and CI/CD environments, improving system operations through automation, and addressing load and performance challenges in large-scale systems.
Applicants must have at least three years of practical experience in system construction and operation, as well as knowledge of system design.
Preferred experience includes infrastructure construction and operation in LAMP environments; practical experience with public clouds such as AWS and GCP; work as an infrastructure or SRE engineer; and knowledge of container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda is welcomed. The posting also names development experience using shell scripts, Go, or Python; infrastructure construction using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK; database design, construction, and operation with systems such as MySQL; and construction or operation of version-control systems including GitHub Enterprise Server, SVN, and Perforce.
Conversational English and the ability to understand technical information in English are listed as preferred qualifications. The role also values teamwork, responsibility, user-oriented thinking, proactive proposal and planning, independently identifying and completing tasks, curiosity, and willingness to learn.
The employment arrangement is contract-based. The work locations are offices in Shibuya and Meguro, Tokyo. Location, workload, and compensation are to be discussed during an interview. The posting lists monthly compensation of 250,000 to 900,000 yen, with compensation also described as subject to discussion. It lists communication, skill-development, health-support, and other support programs, including training, study programs, influenza vaccination, lunch assistance, free soft drinks, and other benefits.
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