Software Dev Engineer II, Prime Video Pesonalization & Discovery Growth Tech

Prime Video is changing the way millions of customers interact with video content. The Prime Video team delivers high-quality video to Amazon customers through subscriptions (Amazon Prime) as well as purchases and rentals. Amazon believes so deeply in the mission of our video offering that we've launched our own studio to create original and exclusive content.

PVPD Growth Tech owns product development of an intelligent channel agnostic engagement automation designed to provide a holistic view of a prime video customer’s lifecycle state, recommendations, they have seen, and/or marketing messages they have (or have not) received. Using smart rules and machine learning, self learning system sends relevant, timely, and personalized content on a fully automated basis. We are building a multi-channel campaign management system powered by customer profile data, engagement propensity models and recommendations to enable automated customer segmentation and targeting.

If you are looking for an opportunity to solve interesting technical problems, build innovative solutions, and work with top notch software developers, this might be the role for you.

You will join a development team that interacts with marketing and data scientist teams. Our team researches and builds channels through which we engage and stay connected with our customers, such as dynamic video ads, personalized e-mail recommendations, amazon retail websites and social media. The services we build rely on leading edge machine learning techniques to learn about our customer needs and to match them with a wide array of video content. In short, we have exciting challenges in an industry that’s doubling in size every year, and you can be a part of it!

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


Key job responsibilities

As an SDE-II in the PVPD - Growth org, this role supports the MegaFonzies team that is responsible for Prime Video marketing message delivery experience across all channels. The team’s mission is to deliver high quality engagement to customers on desired channel. They are responsible for rendering content on desired channel, onboard new channels and apply last mile filters where applicable. They own and maintain systems that dictate template models for each channel.

An SDE-II in MegaFonzies team is expected to work independently to deliver project initiatives with minimal oversight. They excel in channel ambiguity and will be able to independently:
1) review requirements and disambiguate as needed by working with relevant stakeholders,
2) deliver technical design document and address feedback,
3) implement the solution by writing code, and
4) ensure the solution is safely launched through testing and validation.

An SDE-II in this tech team is expected to work with multiple stakeholders from different teams, product leads, Sr SDEs as templating and delivery is segmented across multiple teams. Hence it is important to find ways to connect/earn trust across different teams to deliver on PVPD Growth & broader PV-level goals. Additionally, in 2026 Megafonzies systems be owning and driving observability goals and expected to broaden multiple channel intake (email migration, cross-site recommendations and WhatsApp expansion). Hence, it’s critical that an SDE II within the team, focuses on operational excellence, constructively identifying recurring problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve the team’s software, making it resilient and easier to maintain. They make improvements to the team’s development and testing processes and establish and maintain best practices.

Basic Qualifications

- 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually