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Software Development Manager, Amazon Games

Industry: Games
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Romania
Medium: Digital 3D
Software: Other
Software Development Manager, Amazon Games

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Job Description

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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.

We are looking for a Software Development Manager who is as excited about games as we are. In this role, you will own a project where innovation and latest technologies will merge to build the next generation of systems to support our Games.

Key job responsibilities
• Lead and manage a team of Software Engineers fostering career growth and strong team culture
• Contribute ideas to product roadmap and execute technical strategy (set by Amazon games leadership) in collaboration with Product Managers, Designers and Engineering teams.
• Contribute ideas to long-term vision and execute technical strategies set by Amazon games leadership for the business
• Obsess over maintaining system performance and availability, and simplifying enterprise scale complexity.
• Regularly dive into architecture, code, test plans, project plans, deployments, and operations to drive excellence on your team and all projects that your team participates in
• Own operational excellence for your 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, with our studios and teams in Seattle, Orange County, San Diego, and Montreal. Amazon Games also publishes best-in-class games working closely with our partners, leading with Lost Ark from Smilegate RPG, Throne and Liberty from NCSOFT, Blue Protocol from Bandai Namco Online as well as the next major entry in the Tomb Raider series from Crystal Dynamics.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Bucharest, ROU

– Extensive experience developing software
– Experience managing software development teams
– Experience in partnering with product and program management teams
– Experience with large scale distributed systems
– Experience building and operating highly available services

– Game Development experience
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
– A deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and a track record of shipping software on time
– Experience with the SCRUM methodology for agile software development preferred
– A passion for people management and mentorship
– Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

How to Apply

Apply via: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2647838/software-development-manager-amazon-games

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