Senior Build Tools Engineer

Creative Assembly / SEGA is recruiting for the role of Senior Build Tools Engineer. Senior Build Tools Engineer to improve build systems, CI/CD pipelines and deployment pipelines for multi-project development. The role also covers backend services, production code in C++ and C#, and support for build and test issues across the studio.

Role details

• Location: Horsham
• Job type: Full time

What you’ll do

• Own and improve multi-project build pipelines across pre-submit, post-submit, scheduled tests, console and PC workflows.
• Improve CI reliability, error detection, logging standards and quality guardrails.
• Strengthen deployment pipelines that deliver builds to internal teams, QA and external platforms.
• Design, build and maintain backend services including build storage, symbol servers, archiving systems and dashboards.
• Write and review production-ready code in C++ and C#.
• Join the rotating weekly support responder role to triage build and test issues.
• Establish metrics and dashboards to surface issues early and track reliability trends.
• Work with the test automation team to integrate quality gates into CI workflows.

What they’re looking for

• Strong experience designing, operating and improving build systems, CI/CD pipelines or DevOps platforms at scale.
• Strong programming ability in C++, plus C# or an equivalent scripting language.
• Deep debugging skills across complex multi-component systems.
• Experience with console automation.
• Experience with online store APIs.
• Familiarity with Perforce or similar version control systems in large team environments.
• Familiarity with branching strategies in large-scale, multi-project environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across disciplines and engineering leadership.

Additional role information

• The work includes support across all infrastructure channels.
• The team expects a balance of hands-on technical work and broader architectural thinking.