Software Development Engineer, Prime Video & Studios CoreTech

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Prime Video team seeks a motivated Software Development Engineer in London to enhance user experiences for Indian audiences. Candidates should have substantial software development skills, particularly in the video gaming sector, and a commitment to team collaboration and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture for systems.
• Experience in Video Games Industry (development, release, or ops).

Responsibilities

• Define system architecture and own specific components.
• Collaborate with Product team and UX designers.
• Develop best practices and improve team productivity.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Technical Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

The Amazon Prime Video team is looking for a smart, motivated, and results-oriented Software Development Engineer to join the team. We are a high-energy group changing focussed on the PV experience for Indian users to watch TV and movies.
We are looking for candidates who are passionate about delivering world-class digital media experiences to our customers. Successful candidates for this position will be self-starters with excellent problem solving skills who love getting things done. Effective communication skills and a desire to tackle complex problems that emerge from driving a large business at Amazon are also a must.
Our team is looking for an experienced SDE who will play an instrumental role in defining the system architecture, own and implement specific components, and help shape the overall experience for the Prime Video customers. You’ll collaborate closely with Product team, UX designers, and other SDE team members to help define the scope and roadmap of the product. As an early team member, you will take responsibility for technical problem solving, creatively meeting product objectives, and developing best practices.
You will demonstrate cross-functional resource interaction to accomplish your goals. You will play a role in defining processes and methods to improve the productivity of the entire team. You are a person with a commitment to team work, who enjoys working on variety of tech stacks, is customer centric, and thrives on the challenge of building solutions that will operate at world-wide scale.

Key job responsibilities
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
3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language

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
- 3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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