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# Java & DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Gamesjobsdirect
- **Location:** Hamburg, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €80,000.0 - €96,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Distributed Systems, MySQL, Redis, Sql Optimization, Concurrency, Agentic-AI, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.gamesjobsdirect.com/details/redirect/senior-java-devops-engineer/363451

## About the Role

* 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

## 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.