Software Development Engineer II, Prime Video Cross Platform Player Team

Are you passionate about building the next generation of cross-platform multimedia streaming experiences As a media player engineer at Prime Video youll have the opportunity to create high-performance highly available player applications that impact millions of customers worldwide. Prime Video is a fast-growing streaming service installed on devices across over 200 countries and accounting for over 8% of all internet traffic in the US on any given this role youll be at the forefront of shaping the future of streaming entertainment for our global customer base. Youll design new player components from stakeholder requirements optimize performance for seamless playback across platforms and enhance the player with innovative features to elevate the customer experience. Join our talented team in pushing the boundaries of whats possible in the world of multimedia streaming.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer on the Prime video cross platform player team you will:

- Design develop and deliver features for our cross-platform player SDK

- Develop high-performance highly reliable software components using TypeScript and Rust

- Enhance player SDK components to implement nuanced streaming features based on product requirements

- Continuously challenge the status quo and explore improvements to best meet evolving customer needs

- Drive algorithm and architecture design execute and deliver results

- Participate in operational excellence reviews critically evaluating metrics to understand how our systems perform for customers

- Think about operational stability from the design phase incorporating monitoring and safety mechanisms to improve reliability and availability

- Join a highly motivated top-notch team to collaboratively solve challenging problems in a fun environment

- Work with principal and senior engineers to brainstorm on engineering challenges and push the technical boundaries of solutions

- Help hire and develop the talents of our growing team and organization

A day in the life
As a media player engineer your day will be filled with a variety of engaging tasks. You will design new components from the requirements of product stakeholders optimizing performance to ensure a consistently excellent experience across different operating platforms. Enhancing the media player with nuanced features youll work to elevate the customers interaction with the application. Collaborating closely with the talented team youll participate in dynamic code and design reviews helping to raise the overall quality bar. Diving deep into customer data and feedback youll build metrics to understand the customer impact working backwards from their experience to improve the streaming experience holistically. Additionally youll play a key role in hiring and developing the skills of your team members as well as partnering with stakeholders on high-stakes engineering projects.

About the team
We are the Prime Video cross-platform core player team and we develop a versatile player SDK using platform-agnostic languages. This allows us to build a single codebase that can be deployed across a wide range of living room devices mobile platforms and more. We collaborate closely with partner teams within Prime Video contributing to the tailored player applications that deliver our service to customers on their preferred devices - from living rooms to smartphones and tablets. Our team is committed to advancing the state-of-the-art in high-performance player technology while also driving enhancements to the SDK that elevate the overall streaming experience for our global customer base. Working hand-in-hand with product stakeholders across the Prime Video organization we help bring novel unique experiences to our growing ecosystem. If you share our passion for shaping the future of streaming wed be thrilled for you to join our talented team.

- 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

- 3 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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA SEATTLE - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually