Software Dev Engineer II Prime Video, Live Events Sports

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Description
Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television and providing Prime Video Live customers?

Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching?

Prime Video is one of the leading digital video services on the Internet today, and we're just getting started.

Come build the future of entertainment with us! Amazon’s Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place.

We offer customers thousands of popular movies and TV shows from Originals and Exclusive content to exciting live sports events.

We also offer our members the opportunity to subscribe to add-on channels which they can cancel, renew at anytime and to rent or buy new release movies and TV box sets on the Prime Video Store.

Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business - available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

The prime video Channel Subscriptions and Marketplace Expansion team works to deliver the best subscription channel offers for customers so that they can enjoy the third-party video content they love, at the lowest prices.

We also uphold our subscribed customers’ trust by providing the easiest-to-use and transparent subscription management there is.

The team works in a dynamic environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do.

If this sounds exciting to you, please read on.

We are looking for talented engineers who take great pride in both the technical and business contribution of their work.

You will have the opportunity to have a significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly, our customers.

As a member of our team, you will work closely with the business to design and implement new features.

You will contribute to all aspects of an agile software development life cycle including design, architecture, development, documentation, testing and operations.

You will push your design and architecture limits by owning all aspects of solutions end-to-end

Key job responsibilities
As an engineer in a relatively new team, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging problems in the low latency/high throughput domain of dynamic ad insertion for Live Sports and Video on demand.

Our architecture processes and handles high TPS (in millions) with obsessively high reliability and low operational overhead.

The systems you design and build will be in the core path of video delivery to Prime Video customers worldwide.

We leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies including AWS CloudFront, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQS and internal AWS incubator technologies.

About the team
The team is chartered to design large scale systems to power the live and VoD streams with ads viewed by a massive audience daily, and you will help bring customers streaming video view experience to a new level.
Basic Qualifications
- 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 Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.

If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits .

This position will remain posted until filled.

Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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