Software Development Engineer, Partner Engineering, Prime Video

at  Amazon Development Centre London Limited

• Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience in professional, non-internship software development
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
  Come build the future of entertainment with us.
  Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching?
  Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We offer customers thousands of popular movies and TV shows from Originals and Exclusive content to exciting live sports events. We also offer our members the opportunity to subscribe to add-on channels which they can cancel at anytime and to rent or buy new release movies and TV box sets on the Prime Video Store. Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business - available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. The team works in a dynamic environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do. If this sounds exciting to you, please read on.
  We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join the Prime Video Ports (PVP) team. The PVP team owns the Prime Video app on hundreds of high-profile Living Room devices, such as PS5, Xbox and Android TVs. The work you will do has a direct impact on our millions of customers around the world. We are looking for a polyglot experienced software engineer who is excited by the challenge of working across multiple tech-stacks and languages including Kotlin/Java, C++, and TypeScript.
  Candidates will have an understanding of stable, scalable systems that have been successfully deployed in a business setting. You will be passionate about technology with a focus on the customer experience and great teamwork.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative products and services.
• Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high quality software.
• Provide operational support to ensure any device-specific issues are prevented or quickly mitigated.

A day in the life
You will work as the tech lead for one of our small Agile teams, launching and growing new initiatives for Amazon’s global business. As an engineer, you can be involved in every aspect of the process - from idea generation, business analysis and technical design through to development and deployment across a variety of technologies - giving you a real sense of ownership. Together we build systems which meet high standards of performance and reliability and operate at massive scale.
Amazon is a place where builders can build. We’re looking for engineers who can delight customers by continually learning and inventing. From day one, you’ll be working with experienced engineers, designers and applied scientists who love what they do.
About the team
Every other Friday, the team has a “Learn and Be Curious day” where you have the chance to work on your own project to stretch your skills and expand your knowledge, whether that’s learning the latest AWS tech, building a new front-end feature or anything in-between.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

London, GBR

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

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• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative products and services.
• Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high quality software.
• Provide operational support to ensure any device-specific issues are prevented or quickly mitigated