Are you a talented Build Engineer looking for a new opportunity where you can make a real impact?
We invite you to JOIN THE REBELLION! 30 years of Video Games, Board Games, Film & TV, VFX, comics, books & STILL fiercely Independent…
We operate across multiple UK locations, with studios based in Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool and Wakefield. We have adapted our working practices well to be able to consider flexible working for our teams, so as long as you are based in the UK, we are always open to discussing how we can support remote and/or Hybrid working options where your role allows.
We’re on the look out for a Senior Build Engineer to join our small but exceptional Build team, you will work closely with our highly talented in-house tech team with our in-house game engine asura, to help maintain and improve our internal build, test, and asset processing systems. This is an exciting opportunity to work at an independent AAA multi-project studio and help make all of the games Rebellion is working on as good as they can be.
Some of the things you’ll be doing:
Improve developers' workflow
Design and implement complex multi-component systems, creating and sharing Design documents where appropriate
Identify architectural issues in systems and provide a fix with minimal impact to users
Extend build and test systems for new platforms
Extend asset processing systems when other teams need new features
Diagnose and fix errors that occur in developer or continuous integration builds
Assist game teams in finding, fixing, and preventing problems
Write programs to make disparate systems work together seamlessly
Requirements
Some Programming knowledge and experience in Python or equivalent
An interest to develop and maintain build systems and tools to improve the quality and ease for our game teams.
Some Experience with source control technologies such as perforce
Some experience with build automation tools such as Jenkins.
About Us
Rebellion is one of the world’s most successful independent video games studios but there’s more to us than just games as we also produce books, comics, TV, film, board games and more. Wherever you work in Rebellion, we are really proud of our open, friendly and creative atmosphere. We love what we do and we have fun doing it! Because we’re a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.
Being part of a company as unique as Rebellion has many advantages. Our size, our stability, and the variety of in-house expertise we have is completely unique. We know we are unique, and we celebrate that! We recognise our individual differences is what makes us unique and adds to our success, so we foster an inclusive culture where we encourage you to be yourself, and to express your creativity and talent. We are people focussed and want to ensure that you are supported in your role with us. So we offer a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams.
We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neuro-diversity and beyond because we believe a representative team makes better games and provides a better working life.
If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications.
Benefits
Culture & Work-Life Balance: We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects
Flexible start and finish times
26 days holiday + Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
Anti-Crunch Culture
Enhanced Family Leave
Personal and Professional Development Opportunities
Physical & Mental Well Being We offer a host of benefits to ensure you are fully supported with both your physical and Mental Well-being including:
EAP: Wellbeing hub, including confidential telephone support and counselling
Private Medical Insurance: Comprehensive cover to access private medical treatment
Healthcare Cash Plan: Cash-back on treatment costs, from flu jabs to chiropractors
Dental & Vision: Cash-back on routine or emergency costs, free eye tests
Gym Membership: Discounts to over 3,000 participating UK gyms, pools & fitness events
Active Rewards: Earn discounts and other perks for physical activity, from trainers to cinema tickets
Cycle Scheme: Save around 30% of the cost of a new bike and equipment though salary sacrifice tax & NI savings, spread repayments over 12 months
Financial Security
Income Protection: Financial help if unable to work due to illness or injury
Pension Contribution: Tax efficient salary sacrifice contributory pension scheme where Rebellion matches 4% of salary, plus 10% of any contribution you make
Life Assurance: Financial security for your loved ones at a difficult time
Critical Illness cover: A lump sum paid after diagnosis of various critical illness
Loans: Interest Free- Tax Free Loan
That’s not all...
Employee Referral Bonus: up to £2,000!
Relocation assistance for you and your family
Social & Charity Events: Annual Summer BBQ & Christmas Party, social groups such as photography and board games, charity events including football, go-karting and supporting Special Effect
Discounts 50% off most 2000 AD webshop merchandise, such as physical books. Many more discounts available under our Vitality and Medicash schemes, from gyms to holidays, high street retail to restaurants, with average savings of £250 each year.
Free access to complete GDC Vault. Steam keys to all Rebellion Steam titles and associated DLC. Huge digital library of comics, graphic novels, and ebooks by 2000 AD and Rebellion Publishing. Onsite physical game and film libraries. Daily fresh fruit.
