Mojang Studios is best known as the creators of Minecraft, but we’re also on a mission – to build a better world through the power of play.
Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.
About the Role
The Minecraft Services and Infrastructure team is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to champion reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency across our cloud-hosted services. In this role,you will lead the design and implementation of resilient infrastructure, automate deployment pipelines, and strengthen observability and incident response practices. You’ll advocate for modern engineering principles, drive adoption of best-in-class tooling, and take ownership of service health and performance. By collaborating closely with engineering, production, and quality teams, you’llhelpdeliver seamless player experiences through robust, maintainable, and continuously evolving services.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, post-incident analysis, and mentoring, fostering a culture of reliability and continuous improvement.
- Design and implement scalable, maintainable infrastructure and deployment solutions that support high availability and rapid iteration.
- Contribute to the development of engineering processes and methodologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness of service developers across the organization.
- Drive cross-team alignment on infrastructure strategy, vision, and planning to ensure cohesive and scalable service architecture.
What you’ll need to succeed
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years in software engineering, site reliability engineering or similar roles, including scripting or programming in languages such as C#, Java, Python, or Go, with at least 3+ years focused on automation and cloud infrastructure tooling.
- Proven experience designing, deploying, and operating large-scale infrastructure on cloud platforms (Azure preferred, with experience in AKS or AWS), including compute, storage, caching, and other cloud-based service resources.
- Experience with deployment strategies and technologies such as infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Bicept), GitOps, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a service-oriented mindset.
- Ability to communicate strategic recommendations to the team and leadership.
- Azure certifications such as AZ-104 (Administrator), AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer), or AZ-305 (Architect).
What You Need to Know
We’re looking for candidates who are eligible to work in Sweden. Since our hybrid work model requires two onsite days per week, you’ll need to be based in Stockholm to collaborate with your team and soak up the studio energy.
We are happy to welcome international talent and talent outside Stockholm; however, we will not be able to financially support your relocation. If you are located out of Stockholm, relocation is a must.
Mojang Studios
Mojang Studios is a Microsoft-owned game developer. The company was founded in Stockholm, Sweden and has offices around the world, including Stockholm, Redmond, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai. We’re always working on new and exciting ways to expand the Minecraft universe.
Our community is global and incredibly diverse. We keep this in mind when developing anything, as we want people to feel included in Minecraft. And in recruiting, our goal is to make Mojang Studios as diverse as our community.
We got started as a tiny indie developer, and part of our culture still reflects that heritage. But we’re also proud to belong to Xbox Game Studios, which creates unique opportunities to grow and develop.
To help us achieve amazing things, we have built an equally amazing studio space. Situated right on the water by Söder Mälarstrand, it’s filled to the brim with all the tools, toys and caffeine required to create world-class entertainment.
But in the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!
Important note on resumes
Please make sure that all the information in your resume is accurate because we will conduct a thorough background check. Any discrepancies will lower your chances of getting to the next interview stage and we’d hate to miss out on an awesome candidate! Double check that any gap years are reflected in your history, and that your education and work experience are completely accurate. Good luck!
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What We Do
Mojang Studios is a Microsoft-owned game studio based in Stockholm (Sweden) and Redmond (WA) with additional locations in London, Shanghai, and Tokyo as well as a partially remote workforce. We created Minecraft, the sandbox video game turned franchise that now includes two more games, novels, board games, apparel, and much more.
We believe in the power of play and our mission is to build a better world through our work. At our studios, you’ll meet passionate and welcoming people with the same goal: to create games and products with a positive impact. Four core values guide everything we do:
Fuel Passion.
Minecraft encourages players to stay sharp and constantly evolve. We mirror that by bringing together enthusiastic people who are eager to innovate in their fields and giving them the resources to reach their goals. We’re passionate about our industry and strive to empower our employees and future generations of gaming professionals.
Create Fun.
We aim to create fun, enriching experiences for our players, whether they’re playing our games, learning in Minecraft Education, or discovering a new product. Thanks to our incredibly talented creator community and Minecraft Marketplace, the fun is virtually endless and there’s something for everyone in our blocky universe.
Celebrate Creativity.
Creativity is at the core of Minecraft, whether you’re making art in Creative mode or finding clever ways to get through the night in Survival mode. Fresh ideas, out-of-the-box thinking, and new perspectives are what allows us to evolve the franchise and keep surprising our players after more than a decade of Minecraft.
Craft together.
Minecraft welcomes everyone because we believe that we’re better together. Our players’ feedback and the work of our community creators have made Minecraft what it is today. To support collaboration in our studios, we’ve built comfy, connected spaces that allow our local and remote teams to work closely together.
