Build System Engineer, Mobile

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

The creative team that brought Mortal Kombat and Injustice to life is now NetherRealm Studios, part of the Warner Bros. Games family. With over 20 years of creation under our belts, NetherRealm's mission remains the same: to create cutting edge entertainment and deliver industry leading tech, game art and overall gaming experiences. NetherRealm Studios is a collaborative and creative environment, constantly striving to up the ante on what is possible in interactive entertainment. Our team is comprised of dedicated professionals with years of experience who are at the forefront of the gaming industry. The passion and energy that made Mortal Kombat a reality is still on display every day in our offices, our hallways and most definitely the studio's arcade room.

The Job

As a build system engineer on the mobile team, you'll work remotely from your home, or from our famed Chicago studio, collaborating with other engineers, producers and QA to maintain and grow the backbone of our next ground-breaking mobile title.
You'll be responsible for day-to-day management of our code/content repository and its integration with a variety of systems, including our automated build system and code review framework. You'll also be the friendly face of the repository, helping new team members get ramped up, coordinating getting builds to QA, helping out less-technical folks on the team with blocking issues, etc.

You'll also be helping us shape the future of our workflow by working with our studio source control group, suggesting improvements, authoring tools or plugins, and researching new methods.

The Daily
• Perform routine merges between Perforce streams within our project, including coordination of code-merges and mediation of content conflicts.
• Coordinate with the other build engineers to ensure our build system and automated testing suite are running as expected.
• Coordinate with production to maintain our build versions.
• Assist team members from all disciplines, answering questions and offering support as needed.

The Essentials
• Experience with Perforce Helix source control software and workflows
• Thorough knowledge of general source control concepts like merging, branching, integrating, labeling, managing user permissions, etc.
• Experience with the C++ language
• Great communication skills, especially through remote-work tools like Slack or Zoom

The Nice to Haves
• Professional experience managing Perforce Helix repositories
• Experience with UnrealEngine4
• Experience with UE4's UnrealBuildTool and UnrealGameSync.
• Experience with automated-build/continuous-integration systems like Jenkins or TeamCity
• Experience working on mobile projects

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7bx8p-18-217-220-114-42 in your application.