Software Development Engineer, Prime Video & Studios CoreTech

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Amazon's Prime Video team as a Software Development Engineer, contributing to a high-energy project aimed at enhancing the viewing experience for Indian users. This role involves significant technical challenges, requiring a strong background in software development and effective teamwork to deliver world-class digital media experiences.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Experience in video games industry.
• Understanding of scalable computing systems.

Responsibilities

• Define system architecture and implement components for Prime Video.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet product objectives.
• Mentor junior software engineers.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Teamwork

Technical Design

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.

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
- Understanding of scalable computing systems, software architecture, data structures, and algorithms
- 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
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.

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