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Java & DevOps Engineer

Gamesjobsdirect
Hamburg, Germany
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
€80,000.0 - €96,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
www.gamesjobsdirect.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Distributed Systems MySQL Redis Sql Optimization Concurrency Kubernetes Apache Kafka Virtual Agents Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Terraform
+1 more
Docker

Job description

You’ll work across Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and distributed systems, with a strong focus on performance, resilience, and reliability. A key part of the role is also pioneering agentic development workflows, using multiple AI agents, custom tools, automated testing, and review processes to significantly increase engineering output while maintaining strong technical standards.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of expert-level Java backend experience
  • Strong distributed systems, concurrency, and SQL optimisation skills
  • Deep AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform experience
  • Strong knowledge of MySQL and Redis
  • Proven experience with agentic AI development workflows
  • Excellent architectural judgement and problem-solving skills

Nice to have:

  • Experience with gaming backends
  • Familiarity with Kafka, Kinesis, or SQS/SNS
  • Experience with real-time telemetry or anti-cheat systems
  • Experience building custom AI tools, MCP servers, or agentic workflows

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