Prime Video offers customers a vast collection of movies, series, and sports—all available to watch on hundreds of compatible devices. U.S. Prime members can also subscribe to 100+ channels including Max, discovery+, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, BET+, MGM+, ViX+, PBS KIDS, NBA League Pass, MLB.TV, and STARZ with no extra apps to download, and no cable required. Prime Video is just one of the savings, convenience, and entertainment benefits included in a Prime membership. More than 200 million Prime members in 25 countries around the world enjoy access to Amazon’s enormous selection, exceptional value, and fast delivery.
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.
As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.
We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!
We are looking for a motivated and experienced Software Development Manager to help develop and build a state-of-the-art Digital Supply chain to transform raw digital video/audio/sub-title assets sent by 3P Partners (like Warner Bros, NBC, HBO) and transform them into delightful playable experiences for Prime Video Streaming customers. This team owns the end-to-end Media Asset Workflow which includes Media Enrichment ( adding Ads Cue points, enabling Scene understanding Tech), Quality , Encoding and Publishing into the PV Catalog.
This position will work deeply with engineering teams on the design, implementation, and drive the delivery of large technology initiatives across Prime Video Supply Chain organization. As an SDM, you will be responsible for leading a team of software engineers in designing and building innovative software solutions for our customers. You will drive operational excellence across complex architectures. You also need to be an excellent translator between various parts of the business and the technical team you lead. Additionally, this role will be collaborating and contributing to the business, legal, or marketing side of a product.
Key job responsibilities
A day in the life
A typical day starts with a daily Stand up, design reviews on upcoming project deliverables, program reviews to touch base with Product/Program leaders and 1:1s with your team to help them in their career growth. Twice a year Operational planning to develop 3 yr vision documents with Product leaders.
About the team
You will join Prime Video's Media Experiences and Enrichment Team within the Content Foundations organization. The team consists of software engineers of varied experience and a common passion to make Prime Video delightful for our customers! We love to have fun , work hard and make history!
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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