Sr. Research Engineer, Prime Video Compression Efficiency Team
Sr. Research Engineer, Prime Video Compression Efficiency Team
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19-06-2025
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Prime Video is changing the way millions of customers interact with video content. Every day we face the challenges of a fast paced market expanding technology set and a wide range of viewing devices.
Were seeking an experienced Video Codec Research Engineer to join our team in developing video compression and processing technologies. Your contributions will help shape the foundation of Prime Videos streaming infrastructure from advancing compression efficiency to enhancing video quality for our global customer base.
Key job responsibilities
As a Codec Research Engineer at Prime Video Youll develop encoder/decoder solutions that affect billions of streaming hours annually. Your work will focus on creating video quality metrics optimizing codec performance and implementing best practices for video delivery across devices and networks. Working with Research and engineering teams youll drive innovation through collaboration while building systems that process video content at scale with opportunities to contribute to industry standards and patents.
A day in the life
* Implement and optimize video compression algorithms
* Benchmark and optimize codec performance across different platforms
* Work closely with research and applied science teams on developing new video quality assessment metrics and encoding or pre-processing algorithms.
* Work together to optimize model performance and integrate the video processing workloads seamlessly into the larger streaming infrastructure.
* Help translate research prototypes into production-ready scalable solutions.
* Provide engineering expertise and implementation guidance to support the research initiatives.
* Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews
* Review code and provide technical guidance to team members
About the team
Our mission is to build and operate the most innovative video streaming technology stack that provides the best customer-centric streaming experience for VOD and Live globally. We invent and implement technologies that deliver a flawless engaging streaming experience for our customers using the fewest bits possible. We commit to our values of respect and integrity by creating a work environment that is supportive diverse inspiring and inclusive.
- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Were seeking an experienced Video Codec Research Engineer to join our team in developing video compression and processing technologies. Your contributions will help shape the foundation of Prime Videos streaming infrastructure from advancing compression efficiency to enhancing video quality for our global customer base.
Key job responsibilities
As a Codec Research Engineer at Prime Video Youll develop encoder/decoder solutions that affect billions of streaming hours annually. Your work will focus on creating video quality metrics optimizing codec performance and implementing best practices for video delivery across devices and networks. Working with Research and engineering teams youll drive innovation through collaboration while building systems that process video content at scale with opportunities to contribute to industry standards and patents.
A day in the life
* Implement and optimize video compression algorithms
* Benchmark and optimize codec performance across different platforms
* Work closely with research and applied science teams on developing new video quality assessment metrics and encoding or pre-processing algorithms.
* Work together to optimize model performance and integrate the video processing workloads seamlessly into the larger streaming infrastructure.
* Help translate research prototypes into production-ready scalable solutions.
* Provide engineering expertise and implementation guidance to support the research initiatives.
* Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews
* Review code and provide technical guidance to team members
About the team
Our mission is to build and operate the most innovative video streaming technology stack that provides the best customer-centric streaming experience for VOD and Live globally. We invent and implement technologies that deliver a flawless engaging streaming experience for our customers using the fewest bits possible. We commit to our values of respect and integrity by creating a work environment that is supportive diverse inspiring and inclusive.
- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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