Software Development Engineer, Data Platform, Prime Video Personalization & Discovery

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is looking for a passionate Software Development Engineer specializing in big data and machine learning infrastructure for Prime Video. In this role, you will have end-to-end ownership of the product, leading technical design and implementation.

Your responsibilities include designing scalable solutions, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with teams to enhance user experience. This position offers the opportunity to influence the technical strategy and work on innovative projects that deliver exceptional experiences.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and resourceful individual.
• Experience in big data and machine learning.
• Strong coding skills in a relevant programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data and ML infrastructure.
• Mentor other engineers and influence technical strategy.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver efficient solutions.

Skills

Big data pipeline architecture

Data foundations for personalization

Machine learning solutions

User experience design

Collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Description

As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

We are looking for a self‑motivated, passionate and resourceful Software Development Engineer to bring diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill‑sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. You will be a technical leader helping to design and build the data & machine learning infrastructure that powers our vision. You will tackle complex and ambiguous problems, designing and delivering scalable and resilient platform solutions from the ground up. You will not only write high-quality, maintainable code, but also mentor other engineers, influence our technical strategy, and drive engineering best practices across the team. Your work will directly contribute to making Prime Video’s operations more efficient and will set the technical foundation for years to come.

Key job responsibilities: As a SDE on the Prime Video Data Platform team, you will have subject‑matter expertise in the areas of big data pipeline architecture, data foundations for personalization & recommendation systems and world‑class user experience for customers of our data & ML infrastructure offerings. You will work with teams of scientists, product managers and engineers to translate business and functional requirements into concrete system deliverables. You will have the opportunity to build new platform services from the ground up, driving the development of innovative approaches to personalization, and providing opportunities for scientists and engineers to invent and implement scalable ML solutions supporting new customer experiences.