Game Backend Developer

1 Month ago • 5-5 Years • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Game Backend Developer at Amazon Games Montréal, you'll play a crucial role in building and maintaining the online services for their new AAA Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) IP. Responsibilities include designing, architecting, and implementing backend systems to ensure player connectivity and interaction, focusing on resilience and scalability. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, developing CI/CD tools to guarantee a smooth gaming experience. This involves gathering requirements, implementing solutions, maintaining key game systems, and ensuring the reliability and performance of the online ecosystem. You will also develop tools to monitor service performance and health. This is a chance to contribute to a new studio, working with experts to create innovative and engaging games.
Must have:
  • 5+ years backend development experience in GO, C++ or C#
  • AAA game backend systems and features development
  • REST API, AWS, and database design expertise
  • CI/CD implementation and tools development
  • Excellent communication skills (English and French)
Good to have:
  • Experience with Unreal Engine 5
  • Live operations experience on GAAS titles

Job Details

DESCRIPTION

En tant que Développeuse ou Développeur de jeux backend, vous jouez un rôle essentiel dans la création et le support des services en ligne nécessaires pour le succès de notre nouvelle IP. Vous êtes responsable de la conception, de l'architecture et de la mise en œuvre des systèmes dorsaux (backend) qui permettent la connexion et l'interaction des joueurs et des joueuses, en assurant leur résilience et évolutivité. En collaboration avec des équipes multidisciplinaires, vous développez des outils pour l'intégration continue et le déploiement des services, garantissant une expérience de jeu fluide et fiable.

Rejoindre Amazon Games Montréal, c'est contribuer à la fondation d'un nouveau studio de jeux vidéo à taille humaine; participer à la création d'une nouvelle propriété intellectuelle revisitant l’arène de bataille en ligne multijoueur (oui, un MOBA); et collaborer avec une équipe d'experts polyvalents qui ont bien du fun à travailler ensemble. Venez construire l'avenir avec nous!

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As a Game Backend Developer, you play a key role in creating and supporting the online services required for the success of our new IP. You are responsible for the design, architecture and implementation of the backend systems that enable players to connect and interact, while ensuring their resilience and scalability. Working with multidisciplinary teams, you develop tools for continuous integration and deployment of services and ensure a smooth and reliable gaming experience.

Joining Amazon Games Montréal means taking part in the foundation of a new video game studio that operates at a focused, human scale; participating in the creation of a new intellectual property, a fresh take on the AAA multiplayer online battle arena game (yes, a MOBA); and collaborating with a team of well-rounded experts who have a great time working together. Come build the future with us!

Key job responsibilities
Responsabilités

- Recueillir les besoins et les commentaires pour proposer, mettre en œuvre et maintenir des solutions et des fonctionnalités pour les principaux systèmes et caractéristiques du jeu;
- Collaborer avec vos pairs pour assurer la fiabilité, les performances et la maintenabilité de l'écosystème en ligne du jeu;
- Développer et améliorer les outils permettant de mesurer, observer et enregistrer les performances, la santé et la disponibilités des services;
- Mettre en place les outils et pratiques permettant l'intégration, la distribution et le déploiement continu des services en ligne et de composants nécessaires au jeu (CI/CD).

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Responsibilities

- Gather requirements and feedback to propose, implement and maintain solutions and functionality for key game systems and features;
- Work with colleagues to ensure the reliability, performance and scalability of the game feature ecosystem;
- Develop and improve tools to measure, monitor and log service performance, health and availability;
- Implement tools and practices to enable the integration, distribution and continuous deployment of online services and components required for the game (CI/CD);

About the team
À propos de l'équipe

Nous développons et publions activement un portfolio de jeux, avec l'ambition de créer des destinations captivantes pour la découverte de nouveaux jeux et contenus. Pour y parvenir, nos divisions principales - Game Publishing, Game Development et Prime Gaming - collaborent avec nos partenaires externes pour développer, publier et livrer les meilleurs jeux AAA. Du concept aux services en ligne, nos équipes visent l'excellence dans la création d'univers de jeu captivants. Notre vision s'étend au-delà du présent : nous croyons en un avenir où chaque personne pourra créer, compétitionner, collaborer et connecter à travers les jeux. C'est pourquoi nous restons constamment à l'écoute des joueuses et des joueurs, nous permettant ainsi d'offrir des expériences exceptionnelles et un service de première classe. Au cœur de notre réussite se trouve la diversité de nos équipes : nous bâtissons un environnement inclusif qui profite autant à notre personnel qu'à notre clientèle. En rassemblant des personnes aux horizons variés et en leur donnant la liberté d'innover, nous créons un espace où chaque membre peut repousser ses limites, se challenger mutuellement et explorer de nouvelles façons de réaliser son plein potentiel.

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About the Team

We’re actively developing and publishing a portfolio of games and aspire to create compelling destinations to discover new games and in-game content. Our core divisions: Game Publishing, Game Development and Prime Gaming work together with our external partners to develop, publish, and deliver the best AAA games. From concept to live services, our teams aim to be the best at creating worlds you want to play in. We believe in a future where everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games. We listen to the players so we can deliver great, player-focused games and best-in-class service. We believe in building teams and products that reflect and offer an inclusive environment for all our employees and customers. By taking a diverse group from different backgrounds and giving them the freedom to be innovative and creative, we create an environment where our team members push boundaries, challenge each other, and learn new ways to unlock their full potential.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications de base

- 5+ années d'expérience de développement en programmation GO, C++ et/ou C#
- 5+ années d'expérience en développement de systèmes et de fonctionnalités dorsales pour des jeux AAA
- Expertise en développement d'API rest, AWS et de design de base de données
- Baccalauréat en informatique ou dans un domaine technique associé
- Maîtrise du français et de l’anglais, à l'oral et à l'écrit; puisque ce rôle nécessite d'interagir avec d’autres entités d’Amazon à l’échelle mondiale ainsi qu’avec des employé.es et intervenant.es dans d’autres provinces canadiennes, la connaissance du français et de l’anglais est exigée pour ce poste.

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Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of experience delivering code in languages such as GO, C++ and/or C#
- 5+ years of experience developing backend features for AAA video games
- Expertise in restful API development, AWS and database design
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, in French and English; due to the nature of the role that requires interaction with other Amazon entities globally and with Amazon employees and stakeholders in other provinces in Canada, bilingualism French and English is required for this position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications souhaitables

- Expérience en développement de systèmes et de fonctionnalités dorsales (backend) pour des jeux AAA en ligne (live)
- Expérience avec Unreal 5 ou moteur similaire
- Expérience en opérations en ligne (live) sur des titres GAAS
- Excellentes capacités en communication et capacité à travailler de manière efficace sur des projets partagés avec les autres corps de métier
Nous savons que votre talent et vos habilités peuvent s’exprimer par des expériences variées et pertinentes. Nous vous incitons donc à postuler, même si vous ne présentez peut-être pas toutes les qualifications listées.

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Preferred Qualifications

- Experience developing backend features for AAA video games in a live environment
- Experience with Unreal 5 or similar game engine
- Live operations experience, especially on GAAS titles
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, artists, testers, and other developers
We know that your talent and skills can be expressed through a variety of relevant experiences. We encourage you to apply, even though you may not have all the qualifications listed.

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