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Software Development Engineer (Live Event Services - Prime Video)

Amazon is a global e-commerce and cloud computing company, known for its online retail, streaming services, and web services.
$129,300 - $223,600
Backend
Mid-Level Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
3+ years of experience
Entertainment · Streaming · Technology
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Description For Software Development Engineer (Live Event Services - Prime Video)

Want to change the way people watch Live Sports? Passionate about building, owning and operating massively scalable systems? We are the Prime Video Live Sports team and our mission is to revolutionize the way our customers search, discover and enjoy live sports.

Our team launched the first full-scale live streaming experience to all worldwide Prime customers with NFL's Thursday Night Football in September 2018. Within a year, we delivered a multi-game watching experience to Prime Video customers in the UK for English Premier League.

As a Software Development Engineer on our team in Seattle, WA, you'll build innovative solutions for customers to engage with and experience live content. This role offers a transformative opportunity to be at the forefront of a program that will revolutionize Prime Video and the live streaming experience for customers globally.

Key responsibilities: • Design, implement, and deploy software components • Apply solid understanding of design approaches • Work independently and collaboratively to deliver software successfully • Produce high-quality work incorporating best practices • Focus on operational excellence, identify problems, propose solutions, and improve team software • Train new team members on customers, team software, construction, testing, operations, and overall context

You'll work with a distributed engineering team to build various services integrating with the broader Prime Video ecosystem, delivering low-latency, high TPS services. Our team values operational excellence and constructive problem-solving.

We operate in over 250 countries and territories, engineering our services for high availability, maximum reach, and cost savings that benefit our customers. Join us in enabling instant video watching from any device, anywhere in the world, as we continue to grow and innovate in the streaming industry.

Last updated 8 months ago

Responsibilities For Software Development Engineer (Live Event Services - Prime Video)

  • Design, implement, and deploy software components
  • Apply solid understanding of design approaches
  • Work independently and collaboratively to deliver software successfully
  • Produce high-quality work incorporating best practices
  • Focus on operational excellence, identify problems, propose solutions
  • Train new team members on team software, processes, and context
  • Build services integrating with the Prime Video ecosystem
  • Deliver low-latency, high TPS services
  • Maintain and improve code
  • Respond to operational issues involving APIs and workflow systems
  • Collaborate with product, design, and customer teams
  • Act as technical leader on projects
  • Ensure high quality and mentor junior team members

Requirements For Software Development Engineer (Live Event Services - Prime Video)

Java
Rust
  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  • Experience programming with Rust or Java or C++ including object-oriented design
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred)
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience (preferred)
  • Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices (preferred)
  • Experience with critical, 24x7 systems (preferred)
  • Knowledge of functional architecture (preferred)
  • Experience with AWS services (highly desirable)

Benefits For Software Development Engineer (Live Event Services - Prime Video)

Medical Insurance
401k
Equity
  • Medical Insurance
  • Financial Benefits
  • Other Benefits

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