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Amazon builds games! Our mission is to be the most customer-obsessed company in the games industry. At Amazon Game Studios, we’re creating games like the sandbox MMO New World, the multiplayer shooter Crucible, and our recently announced The Lord of the Rings MMO. Amazon Games also delivers great game benefits to Prime members each month via Twitch Prime, and provides game developers of all sizes with the tools they need to succeed with Amazon Game Tech.

Amazon is also working on unannounced titles for PC, console and mobile platforms.

We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

Who You Are

  • We’re looking for an experienced candidate that loves playing and building games!
  • You thrive in a collaborative environment where you have influence over art, game design, and technology direction.
  • You are passionate about building game systems that delight your players.
  • You are excited with rapid iteration and experimentation as well as transitioning to full production software development cycles.
  • Quality and the customer experience are what drives you to help build the next great game blockbuster.
  • You want to be part of something exciting and unique in the gaming ecosystem.

What You'll Do

  • Design, develop and maintain gameplay systems using high quality C++ code and Unreal Blueprint
  • Work with designers to ensure gameplay systems are easy for them to extend and maintain
  • Monitor, measure, and improve system stability and developer iteration time
  • Proactively identify and solve problems that affect the quality of life for players and other developers
  • Be an advocate for players and developers: Insist on the highest standards, drive to operational excellence, help create functional and engaging customer-centric features.

Our product is an unannounced game built by a team with veterans from many popular titles like EverQuest, PlanetSide, H1Z1, and Free Realms.

Come join our passionate team in San Diego and help make the next game everyone will be downloading to their PCs, phones, tablets and consoles!
Remote workers will be considered.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience.
  • 3+ years experience in C++.
  • At least 1 shipped title.
  • 1+ years experience in multiplayer gameplay programming.
  • 1+ years experience in any of the following: physics, inputs, AI, sound, engine, game systems, tooling, or optimizations.

Preferred Qualifications

  • A passion for video games.
  • Experience with Unreal Engine.
  • Working knowledge of 2D/3D math.
  • Intuitive understanding of gameplay and design--what makes games fun.
  • Capable of quick prototyping and rapid iteration to find the fun.
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Python and visual scripting tools.
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age