Software Development Engineer, Prime Video Financial Systems

Come build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching?
Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We offer customers thousands of popular movies and TV shows from Originals and Exclusive content to exciting live sports events. We also offer our members the opportunity to subscribe to add-on channels which they can cancel at anytime and to rent or buy new release movies and TV box sets on the Prime Video Store. Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business - available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. The team works in a dynamic environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do. If this sounds exciting to you, please read on.

Key job responsibilities
You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to influence architectures of your team and partner teams, provide leadership on complex technical issues. You will help shape the roadmap for, and deliver some of our most strategic technical projects. You will use business and operational metrics to gain insights and help drive decisions.

A day in the life
You will work with product managers and other engineering leaders with Prime Video and other parts of Amazon to identify the right customer and business opportunities, and then collaborate with your team to find the right technical solutions for them. You will be responsible for driving and implementing complex systems, operations, and goals. You will work closely with engineers to scale our royalty calculation engine as we continue to launch new features and reach more PV customers.

About the team
Financial Systems ensures every purchase made by our millions of customers is tracked, accounted for, and the resulting royalties calculated and paid to our content and device partners. We own and build the technology that manages this complex process at scale. This organization is part of Prime Video’s Commerce Platform whose overarching mission is to enable our customers to successfully complete their transactions and access their favorite content on any device worldwide.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Can communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
- Experience with financial or accounting software and processes

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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