DESCRIPTION

Amazon builds games! Our mission is to be the most customer-obsessed company in the games industry. At Amazon Games, we’re creating games like the open world MMO New World, and our forthcoming The Lord of the Rings MMO. Amazon Games also delivers great game benefits to Prime members each month via Prime Gaming, and provides game developers of all sizes with the tools they need to succeed with Amazon GameTech. 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 a candidate that loves playing games!
You thrive in a collaborative environment where you have influence over technology direction.
You are passionate about building tools and automation to help developers improve their daily workflows.
Quality and the customer experience are what drives you to help build the services that will support the next game blockbuster.
You want to be part of something exciting and unique in the gaming ecosystem.

What you'll do:

Design, develop and support multi-player game software using high quality C++ with Unreal engine.
Ensure that the game is tightly integrated into multiple hardware platforms and ecosystems--fully utilizing the services that are the strength of each platform and conforming with their requirements.
Collaborate with developers and testers to construct efficient workflows for working with Unreal and our back-end services to ensure high quality on all platforms.
Proactively identify and solve problems that affect the quality of life for players, operations, 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!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of game development experience with multiple shipped cross-platform titles.
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, working on multi-discipline teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Skilled in communication and ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, artists, testers, and other developers.
Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.
Experience using Unreal engine.
Skilled in multi-threaded programming and optimization of game systems and rendering.
3D math knowledge and problem solving.
Experience working on large scale, commercial online game services.
A passion for video games.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.