Software Development Engineer - Generalist, Amazon Games

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Amazon Games as a Software Development Engineer, where you'll develop new gaming experiences and solve complex technical challenges. This role involves optimizing game systems and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have experience in C++ and game engines, and a passion for gaming.

Qualifications

• Experience in professional software development.
• Experience designing or architecting systems.
• Experience in C++ and game engines.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize core systems and features for games.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Mentor junior developers.

Skills

C++

Game Engines

Performance Optimization

Tools

Unreal

Unity

Job description

Software Development Engineer - Generalist, Amazon Games

Job ID: 2983180 | Amazon Development Center (Romania) S.R.L.

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

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