Graduate Build Engineer Oxford (England) Rebellion DevOps Entry (0–1 years)

For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley. We have our own film studio, create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as Judge Dredd. We’re on the lookout for a Graduate Build Engineer to join our passionate and skilled team at Rebellion, continuing the legacy of our long-standing success. Whether you're a recent graduate or a junior already gaining experience in the industry, this is your chance to take the next step in your career.

In this role you will collaborate closely with our expert in-house tech team to support and develop our proprietary game engine, Asura. You'll play a key part in maintaining and improving our internal build pipelines, automated testing systems, and asset processing tools. This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford, offering a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork drives our success. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in developing and improving automation solutions.
• Support in extending and improving existing build processes and systems.
• Diagnose and fix errors that occur in developer or continuous integration workflows with guidance.
• Maintain and improve existing tools written in Python and other scripting languages.
• Analyse, communicate, and assist with build results and issues.
• Contribute to improving continuous integration processes (e.g., using Jenkins).
• Research new tools, techniques, and processes that can benefit Rebellion and our games.

Requirements:

• Strong interest in debugging and problem-solving.
• Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Python and C++.
• Good initiative, self-motivation, and organisational skills, with the ability to collaborate productively within larger multi-disciplined project team environments.
• Good interpersonal communication skills are essential.
• A logical and technical mind with the ability to break down problems and create effective solutions.
• A passion to develop, maintain and further our build systems and tools to improve the quality and ease for our game teams.

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including: 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days), Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision, Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover, Enhanced Family Leave, Interest Free, Tax-Free loans, Enhanced Pension Scheme, EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support, plus loads more including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Life at Our Oxford HQ:

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading, and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable! Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it!

As 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. Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success.

We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. 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 and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and mental well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our 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, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products. 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 via our website.