Software Developement Engineer; Amazon Video Playback Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Prime Video is disrupting traditional media with a vast library of titles, Award winning original content, add-on subscriptions, and live events. Our services operate at Amazon-scale and are engineered for high scalability, reliability, and performance. We enable our customers to watch video instantly, online or off, from any device, whether in the comfort of home or on the go. We deliver premium movies, TV shows, add-on subscriptions, and live streaming on thousands of devices across personal computers, mobile devices, game consoles, smart TVs, and set-top boxes. We operate globally in 240+ countries and continue to expand our offerings.

The iOS playback team designs, implements and maintains high-performance software that powers video playback on millions of iOS devices. We are responsible for the playback experience, quality and performance from the time you press play on a Prime Video title. Our software is designed to work seamlessly on a variety of devices, in a variety of playing conditions and in a multitude of content consumption contexts including live streaming, on-demand and ad-supported playback. We obsess over the time that elapses between pressing play to when the first frame is rendered to the screen. We are constantly refreshing our software and adding new functionality that allow users to get the best out of both the Amazon video library and their specific device. We respond to organizational and competitive needs and build high-quality software fast in an agile development environment. We work closely with other Amazon software teams and help them build video functionality into their offerings.

We are expanding and looking for experienced software developers who can help iOS Player for Amazon Video deliver a compelling user experience and best in class quality and performance. You will be responsible for designing and developing reusable, object-oriented and performant software utilizing relevant architecture and design patterns. You will work with senior software engineers in the team and build compelling new features to support Prime Video initiatives.