Software Development Engineer (Live Event Services - Prime Video), Prime Video Sports Core Services
Want to change the way people watch Live Sports? Passionate about building, owning and operating massively scalable systems?We are the Prime Video Live Sports team and our mission is to revolutionize the way our customers search, discover and enjoy live sports. In September 2018, we launched our first full-scale live streaming experience to all of our world-wide Prime customers with NFL’s Thursday Night Football. In just a year, we delivered multi-game watching experience to our Prime Video customers in UK for English Premier League .We are growing and looking for Software Development Engineer, for our team in Seattle, WA, to build innovative solutions for customer to engage and experience live content. This is a transformative opportunity, the chance to be at the vanguard of a program that will revolutionize Prime Video, and the live streaming experience for customers everywhere. In this role you will work across our distributed engineering team in building a wide variety of services that integrates with the broader Prime Video ecosystem to deliver low-latency, high TPS services. Our leaders are great teachers, our engineers are world-class, and our products are fun.Key job responsibilities• You design, implement, and deploy software components.• You have a solid understanding of design approaches (and how to best use them).• You are able to work independently and with your team to deliver software successfully.• Your work is consistently of a high quality and incorporates best practices.• You focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve your team’s software, making it better and easier to maintain.• You are able to confidently train new team-mates about your customers, what your team’s software does, how it is constructed, tested, operates, and how it fits into the bigger picture.A day in the lifeSDE-II engineers are responsible for maintaining and improving code while also responding to operational issues involving APIs and workflow systems owned by our team.SDE-II engineers are expected to work with and influence product, design and customer teams that interact with the tooling through collaboration on technical designs, identifying new business needs and operational problem solving. They are expected to act as technical leaders on projects, ensure high quality, and mentor junior members of the team.About the teamOur services are engineered for high availability, maximum reach, and cost savings that we can pass on to customers. We enable the world to watch video instantly, from any device, whether on the road or from the comfort of a living room sofa. We operate in over 250 countries and territories and we aspire to grow — a lot.- 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- Experience programming with Rust or Java or C++ including object-oriented design- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence- Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Rust, Java, C++ including object-oriented design- Experience with critical, 24x7 systems- Knowledge of functional architecture a plus- Experience with AWS services highly desirable- Experience with high throughput, multi-threaded systemsAmazon 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 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.