Summary
Sam Rowlands is a DevOps leader with a decade of experience driving CI/CD, build and live-operations across mid-to-large game studios and live service teams. Currently DevOps Manager at Radical Forge, he has deep hands-on expertise in Perforce/Helix Core, multi-platform build pipelines, and automation for both Linux and Windows infrastructures. His background spans build engineering, release management and LiveOps programming—bringing together technical ownership, team building and product-focused tooling to support rapid, reliable game delivery. Notably, he progressed from QA and build support roles into senior DevOps and production positions, giving him a rare combination of test-driven quality focus and infrastructure-scale thinking. Based in Royal Leamington Spa, he excels at turning complex release challenges into documented, repeatable processes that reduce manual toil and accelerate shipping.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC National Diploma, Media (Games Development), BTEC National Diploma, Media (Games Development) at West Cheshire College
BSc, Game Design, BSc, Game Design at The University of Bolton
English