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 have a solid understanding of mobile technology, mobile user interfaces, and the limits of processing power, battery life, and rendering capabilities.
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 real-time 3D mobile client software using high quality C++ code
Work with technical artists on how to build assets and shaders to maximize the capabilities of mobile devices and keep the quality bar as high as other platforms (PC/Console)
Leverage AWS-based solutions that will solve the needs of the game development, publishing, customer service, and live operations teams
Integrate with software from the various mobile platforms (IOS, Android, etc.)
Monitor, measure, and improve system stability and developer iteration time
Proactively identify and solve problems that affect the development team
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 of developers and help make the next game everyone will be downloading to their phones and tablets!

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience or background in C++
3+ years of experience in graphics programming (DirectX 11/12, OpenGL, Vulkan, or Metal)

Preferred Qualifications

A passion for video games
Shipped two or more mobile games (any platform—preferably real-time 3D)
Experience with recent mobile hardware (tablets, phones, and mobile consoles)
Familiarity with mobile platform acceptance procedures and deployment/update mechanisms (App Store, Play Store, etc.)
Strong 3D math skills
Communication skills across different teams and technical backgrounds highly valued
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