Job Information
Amazon Software Development Engineer, Prime Video in London, United Kingdom
Description
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 including Amazon Originals and exclusive licensed 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 200 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.
Our vision is for Prime Video to be the world’s most trusted streaming platform. We are most trusted by customers because we consistently have the best offers and the best prices, are always on, easy to use and transact on, and give customers transparency and control. We are most trusted by partners because we deliver to their timelines, have the broadest platform capabilities, and settle transparently and on time.
Key job responsibilities
Through our ownership of Prime Video’s (PV) critical cloud platforms, we make PV the most-trusted entertainment destination for customers, and the most-trusted distributor for partners. We build customer trust by ensuring PV is always available , with the best offers and prices clearly visible, the simplest transactional interface, control over subscriptions and refunds, and the easiest ways to pay. We build partner trust by quickly responding to new partner opportunities, with the best offer constructs, and reliable partner payments. We are an engine for PV’s global growth because we operate as a high-performance organization, giving ourselves ever more opportunity to innovate by relentlessly improving efficiency and automating undifferentiated effort.
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 design
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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