Game Dev Engineer, Game-Based Learning

AWS Game-Based Learning Products is looking for a Game Development Engineer to join a fast-paced startup-minded innovation team where fun is an integral part of your job. Joining our team you will collaborate with a team of architects artists designers engineers and testers responsible for the conception development and operations of highly technical game-based learning solutions that rely on extensive use of hands-on labs virtual environments and interactive simulations to get customers to develop practical skills using AWS services.

As a Game Development Engineer you will partner with fellow Unity3d engineers to evolve our game tech stack and actively work on level character sound light and gameplay design; you will collaborate with back-end engineers to build game cloud services platforms; you will cooperate with designers and artists to develop a compelling end-to-end visual gaming experience; and you will assist learning architects and instructional designers map learning objectives and game elements to deliver a unique cloud learning experience to our players.

For more information about our products:
- job responsibilities
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of architects artists designers engineers and testers to design deliver maintain and operate multiple game-based learning products;
- Drive our game tech stack and promote best practices to produce high quality games and coach less tenured engineers;
- Partner with technical and business stakeholders to influence our long-term strategy and establish the teams roadmap;
- Make data-driven decisions by leveraging industry landscape from engineering gaming and training as well as user feedback and telemetry data;
- Write high quality code.

A day in the life
You will work with engineering and product stakeholders closely on a day-to-day basis. You will contribute to the production of multiple games and features and collaborate with other learning products teams (e.g.: AWS SkillBuilder AWS Labs AWS Jam Exam Prep). You will solve learn and mentor team members on web-scale challenges distributed systems problems and game development best practices. You will regularly review technical work with peers stakeholders and leadership.

About the team
AWS Game-Based Learning team members are spread across the US Canada and Brazil. Our mission is to build learning products that use game thinking principles. We combine learning strategies with game technologies and theories to develop appealing knowledge transfer experiences that target customer needs.

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- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3 years of Unity Unreal CryEngine Lumberyard or proprietary 3D game engine or industry-equivalent technology (3D animation simulation etc.) experience
- Ability to communicate in English (verbal and written);

- Experience with full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations
- Experience in Games Industry (supporting title Development Release or Live Ops)
- Bachelors degree or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.