Software Development Engineer - Generalist

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Games, you'll be crucial in creating new gaming experiences across various projects and platforms. You will be involved in solving complex technical challenges, enhancing performance, and ensuring scalability of game systems. You'll work on multiple areas of game development, including gameplay mechanics, networking, tools development, or backend services. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the development lifecycle and also mentor junior developers, contributing to technical decision-making and establishing best practices in software development. This role involves a deep understanding of game engines, multiplayer systems, and performance optimization.
Must have:
  • Experience in professional software development (non-internship)
  • Experience in designing or architecting new and existing systems
  • Experience in C++ and game engines (Unreal, Unity, or proprietary)
Good to have:
  • Experience in Games Industry
  • Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices
  • Experience in full software development life cycle

Job Details

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.

As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Games, you'll play an important role in developing new gaming experiences across various projects and platforms. Your will solve complex technical challenges, improving performance, and ensuring scalability of game systems. You'll work on multiple areas of the game development so it is required of an exhaustive knowledge and passion in working with game engines, multiplayer systems and performance optimization.

Key job responsibilities
- Implement, and optimize core systems and features for games
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the development lifecycle
- Improve performance and ensure scalability of game systems
- Contribute to diverse areas including gameplay mechanics, networking, tools development, or backend services
- Mentor junior developers
- Contribute to technical decision-making processes
- Help establish and maintain best practices in software development
- Work on performance optimization for game systems

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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience in C++ and with game engines (Unreal, Unity, or proprietary)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops)
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
- Experience in full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. 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. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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At Amazon Game Studios (AGS), we see gaming becoming the largest form of entertainment on Earth. Access to massive computing and communications has fuelled massive growth in the number of communities of players, broadcasters, viewers, fans and game developers of all sizes. At AGS, we are developing multiple AAA PC games in our Seattle and Irvine studios that harness the power of AWS and Twitch to create new community-driven game experiences. We are seeking the industry’s best to help us create, publish and support the multiple AAA PC games that we are developing.

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