Cross-Platform Media Player Engineer – SDK Lead

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle is seeking a media player engineer to design and deliver cross-platform player SDK features, optimize performance, and push the boundaries of streaming experiences for millions of customers.

You will work with TypeScript and Rust, collaborate with senior engineers, participate in code reviews, and help hire and grow the team as we build a high-availability, scalable player across devices.

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
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Software development experience

System design & architecture

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle is seeking a media player engineer to design and deliver cross-platform player SDK features, optimize performance, and push the boundaries of streaming experiences for millions of customers.

You will work with TypeScript and Rust, collaborate with senior engineers, participate in code reviews, and help hire and grow the team as we build a high-availability, scalable player across devices.