Amazon.com Services LLC Looking For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Games – LiveOps Infrastructure at Arlington, VA Full Time

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• 2+ years software development experience
• 2+ years of experience supporting infrastructure-as-code
• 4+ years systems experience (networking, storage, compute, VMs/containers)

Job summary

Amazon Games is seeking a highly talented and motivated Systems Development Engineer to join our Live Operations team supporting new titles in development. Amazon is all-in on games, and our mission is to be the most customer-obsessed company in the industry. At Amazon Games, we’re creating compelling games like New World, a sandbox MMO set on a supernatural continent, as well as several – yet – undisclosed titles. Amazon Games is also publishing exciting titles like Lost Ark for western markets, delivering great game benefits to Prime members each month via Prime Gaming, and providing game developers of all sizes with the tools they need to succeed with Amazon Game Tech. We are looking for an experienced Systems Development Engineer to join our team and help take our business to the next level!

In this role you will work closely with our Cloud Architects to review architecture designs and develop migration strategies, create CDK automation to build the infrastructure for multiple titles, and create scripts and tools to support operation of live titles. The ideal candidate must be a team player who is able to work directly with end-users and teammates to bring titles to production. They must add value to the team by bringing ideas and solutions to the table.

Key job responsibilities

As a Systems Development Engineer, you will be expected to:

• Be a technical representative within AGS for third party titles.
• Infra-as-Code and architecture reviews of second / third party titles.
• Infra-as-Code pipeline creation using CDK.
• Provide general technical support for third party titles: e.g. load testing, performance and cost optimization, and operational excellence.
• Creation of scripts and tools to support the infrastructure team and operation of live titles.

About the team

Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. Across all of our teams and locations, we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future.

• A passion for Gaming! – Great understanding of how the Games industry operates and the unique characteristics, delightful weirdness, and culture of the industry.
• Experience supporting large-scale high-availability systems in a production environment.
• Professional Game industry experience dealing with Game and/or Game backend services.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services and their relevance to the Games industry.
• Relevant technical knowledge is helpful, such as: Game development platforms (Unity, Unreal, etc), core distributed computing concepts, fundamentals of cloud computing and virtualization, platform variation (mobile, PC, Console), software defined networking, network functions virtualization, etc. with the ability to go deep enough on relevant technologies key to the industry.

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