About this role
As a Game Play Analyst for Amazon Games, you will lead gameplay testing and player insight generation across development stages. You will run playtests, apply research methods, benchmark player experience, and translate findings into actionable product and design decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and execute gameplay tests across development stages
- Conduct comparative gameplay assessments and benchmark player experience
- Use research and playtesting methods to generate insights
- Partner with third-party playtesting and research vendors
- Translate player behavior patterns into actionable decisions for design and content
Technical Overview
The technical scope is research-and-testing oriented: designing onboarding/control/difficulty/engagement loop tests, conducting comparative assessments, and scaling playtesting approaches with internal teams and external vendors while maintaining quality and consistency.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an analyst-focused game researcher who can design and run gameplay tests and convert player behavior into clear, actionable insights. They are comfortable with ambiguity, use rigorous research methods (usability testing, interviews, surveys, concept testing), and partner with internal teams and external vendors to scale testing quality and consistency.
Must-Have Skills
Design and execute gameplay testsTranslate player behavior patterns into clearactionable insightsUse a range of research and playtesting methods (usability testinginterviewssurveysconcept testing)Partner with external vendors and ensure quality and consistency
Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience designing scale-up playtesting approachesExperience benchmarking third-party titles and platforms
Required Skills
gameplay testsplaytestingplayer insightsusability testinginterviewssurveysconcept testingplayer behavior analysisactionable insightsvendor partnership
Hard Skills
Design and execute gameplay tests across development stagesPlaytestingOnboarding evaluationControls evaluationDifficulty evaluationEngagement loop evaluationComparative gameplay assessmentsBenchmarking player experiencePlayer behavior analysisParticipant sourcing strategiesResearch methodsUsability testingInterviewsSurveysConcept testingTranslating patterns into actionable insightsVendor management for third-party playtesting and researchDefining scope and ensuring quality and consistency of outputsPartnering with designersproducerstechnical leadsgame developersproduct managersand business teams
Soft Skills
Customer obsessionPlayer instinctJudgmentAbility to operate in high ambiguityMethodological rigorCommunicationCross-functional collaborationInfluencing design and iteration decisionsQuality and consistency focus
Keywords for Your Resume
Amazon GamesGame Play Analystgameplay testsplaytestingplayer insightsproduct developmentLunadesign and execute gameplay testsonboardingcontrolsdifficultyengagement loopscomparative gameplay assessmentsbenchmark player experienceplayer-designing and running gameplay testsparticipant sourcing strategiesusability testinginterviewssurveysconcept testingplayer behavioractionable insightsthird-party playtestingresearch vendorsquality and consistencydesignersproducerstechnical leadsgame developersproduct managers
Deal Breakers
Must be able to design and execute gameplay tests across development stages, Must demonstrate experience using usability testing and other research/playtesting methods
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