What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Dev Engineer II, Prime Video Data Platform Team position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Do you want to take on one of the most important engineering challenges to shape the future of video streaming? Join us to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers will be watching!
Prime Video (PV) is a premium streaming service that offers customers the greatest choices in what to watch, and how to watch it. PV's mission is to become the global entertainment destination for customers to enjoy movies, TV shows and live events streamed instantly to all of their devices including TVs, tablets, game consoles and PCs worldwide. We are a young and evolving business within Amazon where creativity and drive can have a lasting impact on the way video is enjoyed worldwide. You will be encouraged to see the big picture, be creative, and positively impact millions of customers. We’re building the future of streaming — yes, it’s challenging, but it’s also a lot of fun.
PVPD’s Data Platform will be Prime Video’s central hub for all data required for personalization, including impressions, streams, purchases, and other customer interactions helping millions of customers find their next video. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer with a strong technical background, experience with data processing, building and maintaining large-scale, high-traffic systems with a love for both operations and innovation. As part of our team you'll build fundamental infrastructure building blocks to power personalization experiences on Prime Video storefronts while supporting a service that handles billions of requests per day.
Key job responsibilities
You will work with a team of talented data and software engineers and cross-functional partners including Product and Science to deliver innovations to our global customers to build a long-term relationship with Prime Video by bringing them back to the service, curates and personalizes their storefront to highlight the diversity and depth of the PV catalog.
You will build solutions that leverage the latest technologies. You will (1) work with high volumes of data (2) build reusable infrastructure building blocks that will be used by tech and science teams (3) launch highly available low latency services (4) test and validate your changes in production worldwide.
A successful candidate will have strong technical skills, great analytical reasoning ability, excellent communication skills, high creativity, and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You should also have industry experience in building scalable systems, working with large data sets, understanding their limitations and best practices. You feel comfortable adapting to evolving requirements based on learnings. Lastly, it would be ideal if you have a passion for entertainment including movies, TV show and live events.
A day in the life
You will actively participate in the end-to-end software development lifecycle for the platforms and features we own - including requirements gathering, system design and implementation, testing and ongoing support. Our tech stack includes API gateway, Lambdas, S3, DynamoDB, model inference pipelines and complex caching techniques. Our team embraces agile methodologies with a focus on test automation and continuous deployment. Moreover, you will exchange ideas with your Product and Applied Science partner to influence and shape the future of our content personalization strategy.
About the team
Prime Video Discovery and Personalization Data Platform team owns a set of services, APIs, offline datasets and push notifications. It streamlines ML and engineering teams to access and leverage high-quality customer data and signals (ex: impressions, channel signups) for offline processing and in real-time adhering to committed SLAs. We act as guardians and gatekeepers of the data creating data quality transparency for data consumers while collaborating with data sources to address problems at their root. We enable ML and engineering teams to focus on deriving value for end customers rather than resolving data inconsistencies.
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 full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- 3 years of big data technologies such as AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive, Lucene/SOLR or Storm/Samza experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C , or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience in machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, statistics or natural language processing
- Knowledge of large language models and experience in prompt engineering
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $129,300 - $223,600
