Software Engineer for Fire TV Linear Catalog will help build next-gen, low-latency systems to ingest, store, refine and deliver content for Fire TV Browse and Discovery experiences around events, linear programming and live sports around the world.
Fire TV's core experience is highly engaging and innovative for VOD content today. It is how millions of people watch, share, and enjoy TV every day. The systems that power this experience are undergoing a substantial revamp to extend this much-loved content-forward experience to linear programming, live events and sports. Linear programming continues to be a very large and active form of content streaming and engagement by customers worldwide, even with the acceleration of cord-cutting. Sports accounted of 97 of the top-100 most watched broadcasts in the US in 2023. Future Fire TV experience will blur the boundaries between linear and VOD, live and on-demand.
Software Engineer will join a team dedicated towards building highly scalable data processing and knowledge inference systems that process large data, produce insights and sculpt bespoke broad industry data presentations into a uniform and enriched digital media catalog. Your customers will be both third-party linear and sports data providers as well as Fire TV end users.
You will be responsible for developing new features and system components to help build new ways for consumers to engage with Fire TV. You will inform the team's roadmap, lead functional design efforts and help build systems that mutate and evolve elegantly with the changing trends of streaming industry. You will work closely with product managers and other engineers to deliver key initiatives that impact millions of customers.
Key job responsibilities
* Create and improve software for content ingestion, curation and aggregation for FireTV devices
* Explore and deploy technologies including machine learning, distributed data processing, data processing at scale with high uptime and AWS-managed services to enable the development of breakthrough customer experiences.
* Contribute towards shaping the next-gen digital media catalog solution that drives best-in-class customer experience on FireTV.
* Review, scope and collaborate with team members to prioritize features requested by stakeholders or which are necessary to scale the cloud systems
* Drive continuous improvements with the team’s processes and practices
* Proactively identify and resolve technical risks and issues that may impair the team's ability to deliver
* Mentor junior engineers, and participate in the hiring process for open roles within our organization- 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- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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