Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Game Tech Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Amazon is all in on games. We believe, the evolution that began with arcade communities a quarter at a time, growing to the live streams and eSports of today, will continue to a future where everyone is a gamer and every gamer can create, compete, collaborate and connect with others at massive scales. If you share our belief that games will produce some of the future's most influential voices in media and art, come join Amazon Game Tech.

We are an Amazon Web Services team obsessed with helping game developers revolutionize the way they build and run their games, helping them bring their ideas to market faster and at a lower cost. We aim to address game development challenges for customers at any scale. Our solutions are used by Indie developers working on mobile games, as well as some of the largest studios building triple-A titles for consoles and PCs.

We are looking for an experienced software engineer who has a high bar for code quality and a passion for clean and scalable design. If you are constantly challenging yourself and others to come up with great solutions, have a passion for learning new skills, and have a knack for picking up new technologies quickly, and are excited about making a big impact in the game industry, we are looking for you!

Key responsibilities include:

* Drive the architecture and technology choices that enable world-class online games.
* Design, implement and operate highly-scalable, highly-available and secure gaming services.
* Mentor other junior engineers on the team on code quality. Actively participate in code reviews.
* Be a champion for operational excellence: Insist on the highest standards and write service code that help continuously improve availability and reliability of our service.
* Have fun working on ground breaking technology with people just as passionate about their work as you!
* Contribute to code reviews, design reviews and development process improvement.