Software Development Engineer Gameplay at Amazon
The Role:
- Own the design, development, and deployment of player facing feautres and technology.
- Integrate with third party services to give our players a seamless experience.
- Be a champion for the user: Insist on the highest standards, and create functional and well-designed technology that delights our players.
- Work with teams across Amazon Games Studios and Amazon Web Services.
- Drive feature development across teams.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent) experience.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, working on multi-discipline teams.
- Thoroughly grounded in computer science fundamentals (modular design, algorithms, and data structures).
- Comprehensive video game engineering skills including spatial reasoning, networking, and pragmatic optimization.
- Advanced software engineering skills, including the ability to write expert-level, maintainable, and robust code in C++.
- Great communication skills and ability to work effectively on collective projects with designers, artists, testers, and other developers across multiple teams.
- Relentless ownership and the ability to dive into ambiguous problems
- A history of mentoring of junior engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Game industry experience (5+ years) working on PC games
- Experience with cloud services, service integration, commerce, or user experience
