Software Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Television is changing. Amazon Video (AV) would like to offer every film to everyone to watch instantly anywhere. Would you like to join us to help shape the future of TV?

AV deliver films and TV shows instantly to PCs, portable devices, consoles, and TVs worldwide. We have opportunities for talented engineers, designers, testers, product managers, and technical leaders to join our development teams in London to work on global features in our web services platform, web development, big screen devices, and mobile/tablet devices development teams. You will be encouraged to see the big picture, be creative, and positively impact millions of customers. This is an evolving business where creativity and drive can have a lasting impact on the way video is enjoyed worldwide.

The AV Platform team is seeking strong software development engineers with distributed services and web service experience to build the services that power all of Amazon Video devices and web globally. As an Amazon software engineer you will design, develop, test, and run operations for core platform services. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing services for consumer-facing products, a strong technical ability, excellent organizational skills, great communication skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment, and, of course, a passion for TV and film.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- Hands-on technical experience as software developer, or related role
- Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design
- Computer Science fundamentals in data structures
- Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
- Experience developing in at least one of Java, Scala, C++, or Perl