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Description
About Our Team
TheEngineeringteamat ArenaNet thrives on a wide array of perspectives, experiences, and interests.We know thatthebest creations come fromhealthy and friendlyteams.Our work is woven together withtheefforts of other disciplines and crafts within game development.We seek out voices and ideas that might be new to us.We are always onthelookout for ways to help each other, both withintheEngineeringteam, and throughoutthestudio as a whole.
Who We Are Looking For
You, our ideal candidate, are super approachable. Your thorough knowledge, willingness to tackle tough problems, and friendly demeanor when explaining complex technical issues to people who think you handle snakes because you work with Python make you a joy to work with.
Tech debt makes you itch with discomfort, and you work to keep it under control, either by directly tackling it or by helping others to stay on top of it when they need a boost. You are an evangelist for maintaining performance, high coding standards, and efficient code architecture.
You work to improve your workflow and that of your team. You are an active participant in helping to develop and evolve good practices. You understand the value of planning, estimating, and communication in achieving goals on a complex project.
Essential skillset:
- 5+ years of Linux systems administration experience
- Experience with a configuration management system, preferably Salt
- Experience with a cloud hosting provider, preferably AWS
- Experience with Python scripting at an intermediate level or higher
- Ability to architect and implement projects independently
- Experience with at least one programming language (eg. C++, C#, Java, Go, …)
Helpful additional skills:
- Experience with an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) system, preferably Terraform
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working with containers and maintenance (imaging) of containers (eg. Docker, Kubernetes, …)
This is a 6 month contract position.