Software Development Engineer

4 Months ago • All levels

Software Development & Engineering

Job Description

The Software Development Engineer will contribute to a technical mandate on an AAA multiplayer online battle arena game built on Unreal 5. They will be responsible for owning optimization challenges, prioritizing them with leadership, analyzing game performance, conducting root cause analysis for performance issues, assisting in debugging and optimizing performance bottlenecks, and identifying opportunities to improve testing and workflows. This role involves working on the latest technologies and building the next-generation gaming experience for players. The team is dedicated to creating new experiences and fostering community around games. The team is developing and publishing live service AAA multiplayer games and original IPs.

Must Have:

Own optimization challenges
Analyze game performance
Conduct root cause analysis for performance issues
Assist game code and content developers in debugging and optimizing performance bottlenecks

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problem-solving

unreal

orange

multiplayer

DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Amazon Games Bucharest! Joining the ranks of the existing development teams in Orange County, Montreal, San Diego and Seattle, we’re excited to expand Amazon Games’ commitment to creating and publishing incredible games, and we’re on the lookout for talented folks to join us as we grow.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer who is as excited about games as we are. In this role, you will contribute to a technical mandate on an AAA multiplayer online battle arena game title built on Unreal 5. You will assess the ability of new technologies to deliver and drive innovation, reliability, performance and productivity gains. It's an opportunity to work on the latest technologies and build a truly the next generation experience for our players.

Key job responsibilities
• Own optimization challenges with a moderate scope on the project, both on CPU and GPU.
• Prioritize optimization challenges with leadership.
• Analyze game performance using various systems and tools, identifying and reporting areas of concern.
• Conduct root cause analysis for performance issues, proposing effective mitigation strategies and solutions.
• Assist game code and content developers in debugging and optimizing performance bottlenecks found during testing.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing, tooling or workflows for better triaging, reporting, and analysis of performance issues.

About the team
At Amazon Games, our ambition is to create bold new experiences that foster community in and around our games. Our team of game industry veterans is developing and publishing live service AAA multiplayer games and developing original IPs, including New World: Aeternum and an upcoming title based on The Lord of the Rings, with our studios and teams in Seattle, Orange County, San Diego, Montreal, and Bucharest. Amazon Games also publishes best-in-class games in close collaboration with developers, leading with Lost Ark from Smilegate RPG, THRONE AND LIBERTY from NCSOFT, and King of Meat from Glowmade, as well as the next major entry in the Tomb Raider series from Crystal Dynamics.