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Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios · 2 hours ago

Software Development Engineer, Prime Video Play Starts

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$129K/yr - $224K/yr

3+ years exp

Prime Video, a key strategic priority for Amazon, is transforming the television and movie industry with a vast library of content and live events. The Software Development Engineer role focuses on designing and maintaining scalable systems that power Prime Video’s streaming services, ensuring seamless content delivery and mentoring other engineers.

InternetSoftwareWeb Development

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable systems that power Prime Video’s streaming services

Define the architecture for our software, utilizing a broad range of technologies, programming languages, and systems

Implement and operate APIs that manage billions of playback start requests, ensuring seamless, low-latency content delivery

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence the overall technical strategy and contribute to the team’s long-term roadmap

Communicate effectively across teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with technical goals and project timelines

Apply creative problem-solving skills to address complex challenges

Stay ahead of industry trends and new technologies, integrating them where appropriate

Mentor and guide other engineers, contributing to the overall growth and success of the engineering team

Qualification

Software developmentSystem designAPI developmentAWS technologiesProgramming languagesMentoringProblem-solvingCollaboration

Required

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

Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred

3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Benefits

Equity

Sign-on payments

Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios

Prime Video delivers an entertainment destination unlike any other—fast, reliable, personal, effortless, and delightful.

Founded in 2006

Seattle, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

http://primevideo.com

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