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Build Engineer

Sumo Nottingham develops characterful, accessible and innovative action/adventure and racing games for console and PC. We are part of Sumo Digital Ltd., an independent UK developer working with some of the world’s biggest publishers including Microsoft, Sony and Sega.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Sumo, winners of the Develop: Star Awards 2019 Best Studio and GI Biz 2020 Best Places to Work; big things are on the horizon and we want you to be part of our continued journey. Join us!

Sumo Nottingham is made up of a diverse mix of fantastic people, although sometimes, some groups are still under-represented. We are working to remove obstacles that can make it difficult for those groups to progress their careers in the games industry. We welcome applications from under-represented people in the gaming industry, including, but not limited to BAME, LGBQT+, women, people with physical disabilities, neurodiversity or mental health issues, and parents or carers.

You will be maintaining build systems for existing game projects, while developing strategies for improving and automating the build and test processes for existing and future games. You will be the first port of call to identify the cause of any build problems and will either resolve those problems yourself or communicate with other staff members to help resolve them. You may also develop and refine tests to improve the quality of the QA process.

You will also be responsible for the design and implementation and running of build systems across one or more games.

A large part of your job will involve communication with other members of the games team to plan build system development and manage resolution of day to day build problems. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills to assist with this.

To be successful you will have:

• Experience with build automation tools, such as TeamCity or Jenkins
• Experience with build tools, such as MSBuild, Gradle, Make or CMake
• Familiarity with scripting such as Python, Bash, Powershell or Batch
• Familiarity with version control technologies, such as Perforce, Git or Subversion

It would be an advantage if you have:

• Experience or understanding of build pipelines for game consoles
• Basic familiarity with C++, especially around resolving build errors or writing small tests
• Experience of game technologies, large scale build pipelines and deployment to cloud compute systems
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4

You will be part of a game team working alongside artists, designers, and programmers. You will work with the Lead Programmer and production staff on the game team who will assist you in planning your work. As part of your day-to-day management of the build systems you will assist all the members of the team in maintaining the quality of the game build.

Sumo Nottingham is a community of game loving, talented people and we believe that diverse teams make the best games. We welcome applications from everyone.

Annual Bonus

Share Incentive Plan

Competitive Pension

Flexible Working

27 Days Holiday, including your birthday, duvet days and Christmas holiday shut down

Employee Referral Bonus

Competitive Mat/Pat & Adoption

Comprehensive Benefits package including a dental option

Free gym membership to PureGym

Relocation Support to the UK

Visa Sponsorship

Life Drawing

Yoga Classes

Career Development and pathway

5 yearly Learning and Development Days

Take part in regular Game Jams and Creative Jams

Access to a wealth of training materials from leading content providers such as Udemy, Epic, Gnomon Workshop and GDC Vault

Take advantage of a big selection of titles within our Game & Book Libraries

Wrap Parties and wrap gifts

Long service and game completion awards

Studio tuck shop

Free fruit and drinks

Cake and savoury buffets on Friday mornings

Last Friday of the month drinks and games

Awesome Christmas party

Summer Family Big Day Out

Our studio is in Nottingham’s Castle Marina, near Nottingham’s picturesque canal route and just fifteen minutes’ walk from the City Centre. The studio is served by excellent bus, tram and cycle links and the railway station is a ten-minute walk away.

We offer a super benefits package including generous holidays, flexitime and excellent employee benefits. We support your personal development through access to training resources and time to work on them. Further perks include our legendary annual Sumo Big Day Out, plus epic Christmas parties, vouchers on your birthday and free fruit for everyone! Our new, regular studio Game Jams are a highlight - staff spend a full day developing and pitching their own game ideas for possible development by Sumo.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves, and offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, with emphasis on well being and work/life balance.

Sumo Digital, winners of the Develop: Star Awards 2019 Best Studio and 2019 TIGA Award for Best Independent Studio, continues to be one of the UK's most prolific game developers, enjoying year on year stability and growth since its founding in 2003. We have UK studios in Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Leamington Spa, Warrington, The Chinese Room in Brighton and Red Kite Games in Leeds, along with Sumo Video Games in Pune, India.