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About the Role
The Staff Platform Engineer is a principal-level technical leader responsible for architecting and championing internal developer ecosystems. This role focuses on optimizing the experience for internal Game Service Developers by building robust "paved paths," self-service infrastructure, and automation to enable rapid and frictionless service deployment and scaling. The position involves high-level technical influence, shaping the platform engineering roadmap, and mentoring senior talent.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable Kubernetes infrastructure for the Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
- Utilize AI and LLM-backed agentic workflows for automating environment bootstrapping, infrastructure provisioning, security, and troubleshooting.
- Identify and automate solutions to improve developer velocity and autonomy by addressing bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle.
- Architect and maintain modular, reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) libraries using tools like Terraform for multi-cloud and on-premises data centers.
- Define and implement organization-wide standards for container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and service discovery within Kubernetes.
- Provide Tier 3 support for complex platform issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing architectural changes.
- Serve as a primary consultant to Product Engineering teams, ensuring effective use of platform and Kubernetes patterns.
- Participate in and lead the escalation path for the platform engineering on-call rotation.
Requirements
- Strong customer-first mindset focused on internal developer needs.
- Ability to influence without authority across different studios and time zones.
- Expert-level mastery of Kubernetes architecture, cloud-native ecosystems, and the "Platform-as-a-Product" philosophy.
- Ability to translate long-term business goals into technical roadmaps.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years of experience in Infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
- At least 4+ years specifically focused on building internal developer platforms or Kubernetes-based tooling.
- Deep expert-level experience with AWS and/or GCP, managing highly elastic, mission-critical production workloads.
- Expert knowledge of Kubernetes internals (operators, controllers, CRDs) and container security at scale.
- Proven foundational knowledge or hands-on experience incorporating LLMs and AI agents into automated engineering workflows, APIs, or platform tools.
- Advanced proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for building automation tools, Kubernetes operators, and APIs.
- Mastery of Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet) alongside Terraform.
- Proven ability to architect multi-region, high-availability systems supporting global user bases.
- Willingness and ability to participate in a 24/7 rotational on-call schedule.
Skills
- Kubernetes
- Cloud-native ecosystems
- Platform-as-a-Product
- AI
- LLM
- Agentic workflows
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Terraform
- Container orchestration
- CI/CD pipelines
- Service discovery
- AWS
- GCP
- Kubernetes internals
- Container security
- Go
- Python
- Java
- Git
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- GitHub Actions
- Ansible
- Puppet
- High-availability systems
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Principal-level
- 10+ years of experience
- 4+ years focused on internal developer platforms or Kubernetes-based tooling
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
About the Company
- 2K creates iconic and culture-shaping video games including NBA® 2K, BioShock®, Borderlands®, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®, and XCOM®. They build unforgettable experiences by pushing the boundaries of creativity, authenticity, and innovation.
- Their portfolio is brought to life by studios like Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, and others.
- 2K believes the best ideas come from empowered, supported, and inspired teams.
Equal Opportunity
- As an equal opportunity employer, 2K is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace where people are encouraged to come as they are and do their best work.
- Qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
- 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and only use 2K.com accounts for emailing.
- 2K Publishing is unable to provide visa sponsorship or assistance for this position. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future employer sponsorship.