Senior DevOps Engineer (m/f/d)

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Work from our studio in the heart of Munich, alongside a passionate, multidisciplinary team.

Free beverages, regular team activities, and a creative, collaborative environment.

Shape a blockbuster AAA title from the ground up.

Your Role

As Senior DevOps Engineer, you will design and operate the cloud infrastructure that powers our in-game AI. Your main focus is the inference layer behind our LLM-driven gameplay, which means GPU hosting, model serving, and the surrounding backend needed to run language models reliably at scale.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure for LLM inference and AI workloads

Set up and manage GPU-based hosting and model serving environments

Build reliable, scalable backend services that connect the game to our AI systems

Monitor performance, latency, and cost, and continuously optimize the stack

Automate deployments, scaling, and recovery wherever possible

Work closely with engineering to ensure infrastructure meets gameplay and product requirements

Evaluate and select the right cloud providers and tools as the stack evolves

Maintain strong security, reliability, and operational standards across all services

Requirements

3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or backend infrastructure roles

Strong Python skills

Solid Linux and Bash expertise

Experience operating production cloud infrastructure

Bonus: experience with GPU infrastructure or LLM model serving

Ability to work onsite in Munich, Germany

Valid EU work authorization

What we offer

The opportunity to work on an ambitious AAA title.

A dynamic, fast-moving work environment.

Competitive salary and benefits, including relocation assistance.

A central Munich location.

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