HybridHybrid: 3 days in the Berlin office and 2 days remotely; relocation support is unavailable.
Software EngineeringFull-Stack Engineering
About the job
Requirements
At least 3 years of professional programming experience, with a track record of building and maintaining tools that others depend on daily.
Full-stack capability across C#, Node.js/TypeScript, and SQL, with particular strength on the web and backend side.
Hands-on cloud and DevOps experience on Azure, AWS, or GCP, including provisioning, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machines, web apps, databases, and environments with cost-aware resource management and independent execution.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and containerization; GitHub Actions and Docker are preferred within this requirement.
IT and infrastructure administration across identity, devices, and networking, including managing permissions across cloud resources, GitHub organizations, and platform partner portals; provisioning and onboarding laptops through an MDM solution; and handling office network setup, VPN, and connectivity troubleshooting.
Ability to identify team workflow problems, propose tooling solutions, and take rough prototypes to a maintained, production-quality state.
Strong security practices and working understanding of credential handling, secrets management, endpoint hardening, access reviews, phishing, and social engineering, with the ability to address security gaps proactively.
Working knowledge of GDPR and regulatory obligations around employee and player data, including retention, processing agreements, and breach response.
Responsibilities
Own the ongoing development and maintenance of internal tooling, including the narrative content management system and internal launcher.
Take tools and prototypes started by others through to maintained, reliable systems, and drive their improvement over time.
Identify friction and gaps in team workflows, propose tooling to address them, and implement agreed solutions.
Maintain the backend infrastructure the tools depend on, including Azure virtual machines, web apps, databases, staging and production environments, and the analytics pipeline.
Administer identity, access, and permissions across Entra, GitHub, cloud resources, and platform partner accounts.
Handle IT operations, including laptop procurement and setup, Intune enrollment, onboarding and offboarding, office network and VPN, and day-to-day support for colleagues across disciplines and technical backgrounds.
Own the studio's security posture in practice by enforcing access hygiene, managing secrets and credentials, hardening endpoints and cloud resources, and ensuring data handling complies with GDPR.
Implement and maintain release and build automation, following architectural direction set with the CTO and Lead Programmer.
Document tooling and infrastructure so that knowledge is not concentrated with one person.
Spend approximately 30% of the role on IT operations and 70% on tooling and infrastructure development.
Desired Qualifications
Experience with Unity and C# editor tooling.
Experience with Firebase, BigQuery, or comparable analytics infrastructure.
Experience with build automation for game projects, including Unity Cloud Build or equivalent.
Experience with Kubernetes or comparable orchestration.
Experience with desktop application frameworks such as Tauri or Electron, and with React.
Experience administering PostgreSQL, including backup, migration, and recovery.
Prior experience in games or another environment with content pipelines and non-technical end users.
Familiarity with vendor and license management, or IT policy in a small organization.
Location: Berlin, Germany Contract type: On-Payroll, Full-time (40h/week), fixed-term contract (with a strong possibility of extension or conversion to permanent employment based on performance and project requirements) Expected Start Date: 01.09.2026 Please note we cannot support relocation for this role.
The Tools Programmer / IT will own the ongoing development and maintenance of Torpor's internal tooling, including the narrative content management system and internal launcher, as well as the backend infrastructure — Azure VMs, web apps, databases, and environments — that these tools depend on. The role is split roughly 30% IT operations and 70% tooling and infrastructure development, spanning full-stack tool development, cloud and DevOps work, and day-to-day IT administration across identity, devices, and networking. The Tools Programmer / IT will take prototypes built by others through to maintained, production-quality systems, propose solutions to workflow problems across the team, and own the studio's security posture and GDPR compliance in practice. The role works closely with the CTO and Lead Programmer on architectural direction for release and build automation.
Responsibilities
Own the ongoing development and maintenance of Torpor's internal tooling, including our narrative content management system and our internal launcher.
Take tools and prototypes started by others through to maintained, reliable systems, and drive their improvement over time.
Identify friction and gaps in how the team works, propose tooling to address them, and implement what gets agreed.
Maintain the backend infrastructure our tools depend on: Azure VMs, web apps, databases, staging and production environments, and the analytics pipeline.
Administer identity, access, and permissions across Entra, GitHub, cloud resources, and platform partner accounts.
Handle IT operations, including laptop procurement and setup, Intune enrollment, onboarding and offboarding, office network and VPN, and day-to-day support for colleagues across disciplines with varying technical backgrounds.
Own the studio's security posture in practice: enforce access hygiene, manage secrets and credentials, keep endpoints and cloud resources hardened, and ensure data handling stays compliant with GDPR.
Implement and maintain release and build automation, working from architectural direction set with the CTO and Lead Programmer.
Document tooling and infrastructure so that knowledge does not sit with one person.
The role is roughly 30% IT operations and 70% tooling and infrastructure development.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
3+ years of professional programming experience, with a track record of building and maintaining tools that other people depend on daily.
Full-stack capability across C#, Node.js/TypeScript, and SQL, with particular strength on the web and backend side.
Hands-on cloud and DevOps experience on a major platform (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP equally valid): provisioning, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machines, web apps, databases, and environments, with cost-aware resource management and without needing the work handed to you.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and containerization — ideally GitHub Actions and Docker.
IT and infrastructure administration across identity, devices, and networking: managing permissions across cloud resources, GitHub organizations, and platform partner portals; provisioning and onboarding laptops through an MDM solution; and handling office network setup, VPN, and connectivity troubleshooting.
Ownership instinct for tooling — able to spot workflow problems within a team and propose solutions rather than only executing specified tasks, and comfortable inheriting rough prototypes and taking them to a maintained, production-quality state.
Strong security practices, with a working understanding of how studios and small companies get compromised — credential handling, secrets management, endpoint hardening, access reviews, phishing and social engineering — and the instinct to close those gaps before they are exploited.
Working knowledge of GDPR and the regulatory obligations around employee and player data, including retention, processing agreements, and breach response.
Preferred qualifications
Experience with Unity and C# editor tooling.
Experience with Firebase, BigQuery, or comparable analytics infrastructure.
Experience with build automation for game projects specifically, including Unity Cloud Build or equivalent.
Experience with Kubernetes or comparable orchestration.
Experience with desktop application frameworks such as Tauri or Electron, and with React.
Experience with PostgreSQL administration, including backup, migration, and recovery.
Prior experience in games or another environment with content pipelines and non-technical end users.
Familiarity with vendor and license management, or IT policy in a small organization.
Benefits
Health & Wellbeing: Free Urban Sports Club membership (Berlin employees).