Amazon
Job title:
Software Development Engineer, Living Room Client / Search & Browse, Living Room Client / Search & Browse
Company
Amazon
Job description
DESCRIPTIONCome 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 any time 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.Key job responsibilities
You will work as part of 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.A day in the life
As a Software Development Engineer, you will be building exciting new front-end experiences for the Living Room Prime Video client. You will contribute to implementation, architecture and operational excellence as part of your day job.About the team
We are looking for Software Development Engineers to join the Living Room Client team. Within Prime Video, we are transforming the face of device application technology to provide the most performant, immersive, and fully-featured online video experience to the millions of customers worldwide who love watching Prime Video on their smart TVs, games consoles, DVD players, set-top boxes, and streaming media devices. Delivering a best-in-class experience on these devices is hard because they represent a wide range of performance and hardware capabilities. Addressing this challenge means creating new and innovative solutions and utilising a lightweight client codebase utilising TypeScript and React – allowing us to scale our experience to the thousands of devices that we support and provide updates on-demand. Our main focus is building the next generation UI experience on living room. We are engaged in breaking new ground in terms of what is possible on the 3P Living Room CX. We will be blending a full suite of existing and exciting new bleeding edge features with an unparalleled ability to measure and improve our own software using detailed and insightful metrics. We build software that allows other teams to add and extend functionality with minimum effort. This requires a keen eye for detail, an ability to design and architect scalable and maintainable software with an absolute focus on the customer experience. If you love building software that is used directly for the enjoyment of millions of Amazon customers, then this is the team for you.Our mission is to build world’s best personalised and immersive content discovery experience for Prime Video users on 3rd Party Living Room devices (Smart TVs, Consoles and Set-top boxes).BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent, or experience in software development
– Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
– Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented designPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalentAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:33:20 GMT
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