Software Development Engineer

Who you are

• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• Experience in penetration testing and exploitability-focused vulnerability assessment
• Experience in platform-level security mitigations and hardening for Linux and Windows
• Experience in professional, non-internship software development
• Experience building test automation frameworks and tools
• Knowledge of overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance in a database environment
• Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services
• Experience working with device technologies under development, familiarity with flashing firmware, basic device debugging and familiarity with reading/pulling device logs, or experience with REST web services, XML, JSON

What the job involves

• 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 including Amazon Originals and exclusive licensed content to exciting live sports events
• We also offer our members the opportunity to subscribe to add-on channels which they can cancel at any time 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
• Testing Prime Video features that run on Living Room devices (TVs, Set-top boxes)
• Manual test execution on devices
• Collaborating with device partners (TV manufacturers, Set-top box manufacturers) during the testing process
• Designing and developing the test-suite used to validate Prime Video features
• Collaborating with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to develop, maintain and fix tests, both manual and automated, based on test results
• Collaborating with other team members to ensure the Prime Video certification process maintains its high quality bar
• Leveraging AI to improve speed and quality of tests
• About the team:
• The Device Partnerships organization works directly with third-party device manufacturers (e.g. Samsung, LG, Sony) and distributors to ensure that Prime Video works seamlessly on any living room device across the globe
• The certification team ensure that every living room device (TV, set-top box) delivers the high-quality experience that customers expect from Prime Video. This quality will be viewed by many millions of customers
• The team also manages and monitors the software running on these devices to ensure that they do not regress after they have been certified