Software Development Engineer, Search - Prime Video

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Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+.

All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.

Within Prime Video, the Search Engineering team is making a step change in the look, feel and quality of our Search experience. We are standing up a brand new Search Engine that needs to handle 1B+ requests every month. We are innovating with leading-edge Machine Learning technologies like Large Language Models including Retrieval-Augmented Generation techniques, and developing net new Named Entity Recognition and Natural Language Understanding models.

If you are ready to truly make an impact on a product that is used by millions of people around the world, including your own friends and family, then we would love to talk to you.

As a member of the team, you will spend your time as a hands-on engineer and a technical leader. You will play a key role in building software products and features from the ground up. You will use a wide range of technologies, programming languages, and systems. Your responsibilities will include all aspects of software development. You will work with Data Scientists to build Personalization and Recommender systems.

You will be given the freedom and inspiration to explore your own ideas and the reward of seeing your contributions benefit millions of  customers worldwide.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.

Posted: March 27, 2025 (Updated 7 minutes ago)