Be the one to decide what 90 million+ people watch next. You'll solve some of the most compelling problems in streaming by designing and building the recommendation systems that help customers discover the right content at the right time across FireTV's browse experience.

Key job responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain core features for FireTV's browse experience, ensuring high quality and reliability across millions of devices

- Collaborate with team members to investigate technical approaches, prototype new capabilities, and assess feasibility of innovative solutions

- Contribute to the architecture and design of new systems and improvements to existing infrastructure

- Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployment processes to maintain software quality standards

- Work with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, troubleshoot issues, and iterate on solutions based on user feedback

- Perform data deep dives to understand customer behavior, design and run A/B experiments to improve customer experience

A day in the life

As a Senior Software Development Engineer on the FireTV recommendations team, you'll focus on developing and enhancing customer browse features that enable our customer to discover the right content at the right time. Your day might include collaborating with cross-functional partners to evaluate new technical approaches, prototyping solutions to complex recommendation challenges, and contributing to the architecture of systems that serve millions of users. You'll participate in design reviews, write and review code with your teammates, and help troubleshoot issues that arise in production environments. Beyond your core development work, you'll mentor junior engineers, share your technical insights during team discussions, and contribute to our continuous improvement processes.

About the team

We are a collaborative group of engineers passionate about making the best recommendations for FireTV users worldwide. Our team values thoughtful problem-solving, open communication, and shared ownership of our products. We're building the next generation of recommendation capabilities, and we're looking for someone who wants to grow with us while helping us achieve that vision. You'll work alongside engineers, project managers, and product managers who are committed to understanding our customers' needs and delivering solutions that exceed their expectations. Together, we're focused on making FireTV home screen the most natural and intuitive way to discover content.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

- Experience in the field of content recommender systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ 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 - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually