Java Backend / DevOps Engineer
Java Backend / DevOps Engineer
Location: Hamburg, Germany Company: Goodgame Studios Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
About Goodgame Studios
Goodgame Studios is a leading free-to-play, online games development company active on web and mobile platforms. We self-publish our games in-house and have all relevant professions under one roof: Game Development, Quality Assurance, Community Management and Customer Support to Business Development, Marketing, Analytics and Central IT services. These departments work hand in hand to provide quality gaming experiences to over 200 million registered users worldwide.
Goodgame Studios is part of Stillfront. Stillfront is a global gaming company with 1200 employees. We develop a wide range of digital games that attract over 40 million players each month. From well-established franchises like Supremacy, Big Farm, and BitLife to niche games, we span many different genres, including strategy, simulation, RPG and action, and casual and mash-up games.
Your Role: AI-First Engineering Pioneer
We are transforming into an AI-first engineering organization. As a Senior Java Backend / DevOps Engineer, your role evolves from 'code producer' to technical architect and orchestrator. You will guide AI agents to design, test, and deploy our high-scale gaming systems. You remain the expert ensuring architectural integrity, but with 10-20× the traditional velocity. AI amplifies your impact - you control the output.
Your Responsibilities:
- Architect & Orchestrate: Build and own scalable Java microservices (AWS, K8s, Terraform, ArgoCD) end-to-end. You design the architecture; AI agents handle the heavy lifting of implementation.
- Lead AI Agents: Act as the technical lead for AI models. You provide precise constraints and architectural context, then review and validate the code to ensure production-grade security and performance.
- Accelerate DevOps: Leverage AI to automate CI/CD, generate tests, document systems, and identify bottlenecks in distributed environments much faster than traditional methods.
- Modernize & Evolve: Use AI tools to continuously refactor legacy code and evolve platform services for our game teams.
- Shape the Future: Help define our "AI-first" engineering processes and set the standard for how software is built across the entire company.
Your Profile:
- Language: Very good English skills are essential for collaboration.
- Engineering Core: 5 years in Java backend development with deep expertise in distributed systems, high-load architectures, and the cloud-native stack (AWS, K8s, Docker).
- Architectural Mindset: You don't just write code; you design clean, resilient, and scalable systems.
- AI-Ready Communication: Strong analytical skills to decompose complex problems into precise instructions for both human teams and AI agents.
- Location: Must be located within the German time zone.
- Tooling & Spirit: Familiarity with AI coding tools (Claude, Cursor, Copilot) combined with curiosity and adaptability for a radically accelerated environment.
What We Offer:
- Global Impact: Work on backend systems serving millions of players worldwide with real ownership and high autonomy.
- Pioneer the Future: Shape the industry standard for AI-first engineering.
- Remote Work: Opportunity for remote work if located within the German time zone.
- Force Multiplier: Build faster, safer, and smarter with AI handling manual repetition.
Desired Skills & Knowledge:
- Java
- DevOps
- Continuous Integration
- Microservices
- AWS
- Docker
- Security
- Engineering
- Cloud
- RPG
- Integrity
- Spirit
- Innovation
- TARGET
- Simulation
- Internet Protocol
- ACT!
- CAN
- Marketing
- Übersetzungssoftware
- Kundenbetreuung
- Support
- Belastbarkeit
- Community Management
Application:
Apply now at Goodgame Studios.
Industry: Other / Unknown Address: Goodgame Studios, Theodorstr 42 90 Haus 9, 22761 Hamburg Web: http://goodgamestudios.com
