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Software Development Engineer - Prime Video, First Party Client, Content and Collection

Posted: 2 years ago
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About the job

Job summary
Do you like video? The Prime Video First Party - Client, Content and Collection group is responsible for product and services to deliver best in class customer experience for 3 Prime Video clients (Prime Video client on Fire TV devices, Prime Video client in automobiles and a new confidential client that we are working on releasing this year). We are part of the larger Prime Video organization, delivering high-quality premium video content through subscriptions as well as purchases and rentals. We are looking for a highly motivated, top notch software development leader with both business and technical acumen. On this team you will build a new team of software engineers, lead the design and implementation of services to support various Prime Video teams and create roadmap of this team. You will own customer experience, technology and delivery.

We are looking for an engineer who is excited to deliver new features and functionality to Prime Video teams. In this position you will be responsible for building new services and using existing services to track Prime Video customer journey data. You will create new services, make changes to our services and drive new features.

This team is the place for you if…

You love working with video
You love building a super collaborative, high-trust, customer-obsessed software engineering team
You like to direct your team's projects, performance, and career growth
You like to own and clearly communicate project roadmaps with your team, management and principal stakeholders
You like to lead systems design, architecture, and scaling discussion
You insist on a high quality bar and never settle for “good enough.”
You work well across multiple teams

By submitting your application here, you can apply once to be considered for multiple Software Engineer openings across various Amazon teams. If you are successful in passing through the initial application review and assessment, you will be asked to submit your career and personal preferences so that our dedicated recruiters can match you to the right role based on these preferences.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
1+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Programming experience with at least one software programming language.

Understanding of Computer Science fundamentals like object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
Demonstrated ability to work with multiple layers of complexity
Very strong written and oral communication skills
Excellent analytical and debugging skills.
Develop and maintain a culture of innovation and operational excellence in the team.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Ability to work effectively cross-group and strong passion for team collaboration
Proven ability to take initiative and produce results in a fast paced, agile, high ownership culture
Experience in developing backend web services
Experience with critical, 24x7 systems
Experience with low level networking protocols
Experience with high throughput, multi-threaded systems
Experience developing web services, or other large scale distributed systems, that have been successfully delivered to customers
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between
Ability to work effectively cross-group and great passion for team collaboration

The pay range for this position in Colorado is $143K - $194k/yr however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Amazon's internal or external careers site.

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Funding

AMOUNT RAISED
$8M
FUNDED OVER
2 rounds
Rounds
IPO
Undisclosed amount
IPO - Jun 2019+1

Founders

Amazon Online
Founder • 3 years
Washington DC
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Jeff Bezos
Founder • 3 years
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