Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Games

Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Games is looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to join us as we build exciting new mass market games with a multiplayer component. This role will help establish an entirely new category for gaming and should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects. In this role, you’ll solve deep technical problems, build innovative solutions, and work with top notch software developers and game developers. The ideal Solution Architect has strong communication skills and a solid understanding of a variety of technology platforms, which they use as they work with external developers to explain, educate and implement game technologies and help drive complex integrations. They also should have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.

The opportunity to delight millions of gamers is massive, but it's also an enigmatic challenge, where you will leverage your technical knowledge to help create magical experiences for Amazon customers who play games. We think big and work with some of the biggest and most beloved global IP licenses and build our games with a focus on innovation and quality to nurture long-term relationships with our global customers and partners.

Key job responsibilities

  • Be part of a multi-disciplinary brain trust and work closely with external developers to build and launch great original games.
  • Partner with the game development teams as their technical point of contact, driving resolution to issues and eliminating redundant processes by acting as their liaison between customers, engineering and other internal teams.
  • Develop and direct game development teams to triage issues and overcome roadblocks, review deliverables and suggest improvements, and educate/transfer knowledge on using Amazon Game integrations to ensure delivery on time and at the highest quality,
  • Partner with the internal creative team to quickly explore and prototype ideas and iterate through playtesting and player feedback.
  • Lead deep architectural discussions to build confidence and ensure customer success when building new integration within game architecture.
  • Remain up to date with products and services across the game industry, and also within Amazon, Twitch.
  • Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the Solutions Architect community.
  • Work with designers, engineers and artists to refine our workflows and improve our tooling.

About the team

Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented, creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. 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. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips, you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay, creativity, marketing, and technology, while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ years of software design & implementation experience with distributed applications.
  • 2+ year experience working with internal and external developers.
  • 3+ years of hands on experience developing web services, mobile or hybrid applications, progressive web apps
  • Experience working on end-to-end game experiences from the concept stage to shipping, across a variety of platforms on time and on budget.
  • Experience creating and documenting high-quality technical guidelines and development strategies.
  • Experience communicating with customers, creative teams, and management to collect requirements, describe products, and technical designs
  • Experience supporting large-scale high-availability systems in a production environment
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent technical work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Mastery of the tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (C#, Java, C/C++, Objective C, Python, Web stack including JavaScript) and open-source technologies.
  • Experience working with a wide range of technologies and having a good understanding of their pros and cons in particular scenarios.
  • Work on multiple concurrent projects and interface with all levels within the organization with candor and respect.
  • Professional Game industry experience dealing with game and game backend services.
  • Deep understanding of a variety of game development approaches and the benefits and challenges to each.
  • Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve developer issues
  • Strong communication skills and experience evangelizing a convincing point-of-view to important decision-makers that leads them down a path of success
  • An ability in data-driven business transformation, and driving change with data
  • A passion for emergent technologies and new gaming trends

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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