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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.

The Prime Video Browse and Discover team powers 75% of the Prime Video storefront, helping millions of customers find their next video. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer with a strong technical background, experience with building and maintaining large-scale, high-traffic systems with a love for both operations and innovation. As part of our team you'll build exciting new features for the Prime Video storefront while supporting a service that handles billions of requests per day.

Key job responsibilities
You will work with a team of talented engineers and cross-functional partners including merchandisers, product managers and scientists to improve how customers find movies and TV shows on the Prime Video storefront.

You will work to both improve the operational health and efficiency of our service while creating innovative new features as part of our iterative, experimental culture.

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 applied scientists to leverage machine learning models while 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 team embraces agile methodologies with a focus on test automation and continuous deployment. Moreover, you will exchange ideas with your Product, Merchandising, and Applied Science partners to influence and shape the future of our content personalization strategy.

About the team
The Browse and Discover team owns services which power around 75% of the Prime Video home page. We are a agile, experimental team that also maintains a high-scale, critical path service. We balance technical innovation with ensuring that our service is highly available and consistently delivering with low latency.