Are you ready to work with the
world’s largest and most innovating Cloud platform? Do you want to join
one of the fastest growing companies on the planet? Did you know that
most of the world’s largest games companies use AWS technology to run
their games?
Amazon Game Tech is hiring Solution Architects to
help accelerate adoption of AWS in the games sector. AWS is at the
forefront of embracing new ways of doing things, making decisions
quickly, and not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a
large company, and the spirit and heart of a start-up. The solution
architecture community in AWS is seen at the forefront of working with
customers to help them make generational changes, in how they build and
run games, leveraging the cloud.
As a solution architect it is
imperative you can build and develop trust as they make these system and
architecture changes. You will be working with some of the largest
games companies on the planet and the next generation of high-potential
indies who are building the future of games.
We are looking
for someone who is passionate about the gaming industry to own technical
engagements with game developers to define and build out their projects
using AWS. If you have the ambition and skills to be part of the
Solution Architecture Team in AWS, working for Amazon Game Tech, we
would like to hear from you.
Your broad responsibilities will include:
·
As a thought leader, you will help developers understand the how, and
why they should build games on AWS using Amazon Game Tech. You will
establish deep and lasting relationships with customers and help them
understand the value proposition of AWS.
· You will develop a deep
understanding of AWS services that are most relevant to customers in the
gaming industry and establish best practice solutions to help them meet
their goals
· You will understand our customer’s gaming specific use cases and solve their technical problems
·
You will need to communicate development ideas, application
architecture and demonstrate how customers can migrate their games to
AWS. You will translate On-Premise architectures to Cloud Native
architecture running on Amazon Game Tech
· You will be responsible
for evangelising the AWS story, to both the internal AWS communities and
externally through blog posts, webinars, events, presentations, white
papers
· You will directly support account teams in growing market share, and influence revenue growth of Amazon Game Tech
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
· Experience with at least one major programming language (Java, Python, Ruby, c#, C++, Go, NodeJS, etc)
· Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
· Good written and verbal communication skills
· Fluency in English
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· AWS / Cloud Architecture experience. AWS certification is a plus
· Familiarity with game design
· Previous experience with Unity and / or Unreal Engine
· In depth understanding of different server architectures for games
· Familiarity with networking for games and bandwidth optimization
· Experience developing serverless applications
· Experience on a UNIX, Linux or Windows platform
· Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions