Amazon

Software Development Engineer II, Prime Video Ads Channels

Amazon$143K — $194K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • 2+ years in system design or architecture
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language
  • Experience with high throughput, multi-threaded systems (preferred)
  • Experience managing tier-1 services (preferred)
  • Experience in developing web services or large scale distributed systems (preferred)
  • Educational background in Computer Science or equivalent (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Design and build systems for low-latency ad delivery
  • Work on high-throughput video playback for live and VOD streams
  • Develop customer-facing video ad integration solutions
  • Collaborate with team to enhance ad stitching and ingestion
  • Ensure system reliability for high-scale live events
  • Utilize AWS technologies for system development
  • Engage in problem-solving within a fast-paced environment

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Mental Health Support services
Full Job Description
PV Ads team owns services that integrate with ad decision systems. We launched Prime Video's Ads offering in January 2024 and are continuing to launch new products and features for our customers. In the past we have helped launch NBA, MLB, Peacock and FOX One (with ads) on Prime Video. The team is chartered to design large scale systems to power the video on demands and live streams with ads viewed by a massive audience daily, and you will help bring customers streaming video view experience to a new level. As an engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging problems in the low-latency/high-throughput domain of dynamic ad insertion. The systems you design and build will be in the core path of video delivery to Prime Video customers worldwide, operating at a scale where a single live event can reach tens of millions of concurrent viewers with zero tolerance for disruption. We leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies including AWS CloudFront, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQS and more. You will need to have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences, a strong technical ability, great communication skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment, a high level of creativity and great analytical reasoning skills. Key job responsibilities PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience with critical, 24x7 systems - Experience with high throughput, multi-threaded systems - Experience developing web services, or other large scale distributed systems, that have been successfully delivered to customers - Experience building video advertising products would be a nice to have, but is not required. - Prior experience managing tier-1 services would be a nice to have, but is not required Prime Video Ads team's mission is to build a seamless ad delivery, playback and reporting experience across all supported PV devices. We do this by building highly scaled, low latency services that fetch, ingest, stitch and deliver ads using industry leading video ad serving technologies. PV Ads team owns services for ad ingestion, ad stitching and integrates with ad decision systems. Its services handle dynamic transcoding and ad insertions as part of video playback. The team is chartered to design large scale systems to power the live and vod streams with ads viewed by a massive audience daily, and you will help bring customers streaming video view experience to a new level. The systems you design and build will be in the core path of video delivery to Prime Video customers worldwide. You will need to have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences, a strong technical ability, great communication skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment, a high level of creativity and great analytical reasoning skills. About the team The Prime Video Ads team's mission is to build a seamless ad delivery, playback, and reporting experience across all supported devices. We accomplish this through highly scaled services that fetch, ingest, stitch, and deliver ads using industry-leading video ad serving technologies. As the PV Ads Channels team, we focus on enabling dynamic ads insertion and prioritizing features enablers for the Channels partners. Each partner brings unique configurations, traffic patterns, and operational requirements. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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