Research Engineer , Prime Video Encoding Team
Posted 8 hours 21 minutes ago by Amazon
Prime Video is changing the way millions of customers interact with video content. We're looking for a talented Video Codec Engineer to join our team in developing and optimizing video compression technologies for Prime Video's streaming infrastructure.
Responsibilities- As a Codec Engineer at Prime Video, you'll work on encoder/decoder solutions that impact billions of streaming hours annually.
- You'll collaborate with team members to optimize codec performance and implement effective video delivery solutions across various platforms.
- Implement and optimize video compression algorithms.
- Assist in benchmarking codec performance across different platforms.
- Collaborate with team members on video quality assessment metrics and encoding algorithms.
- Contribute to the integration of video processing workloads into the streaming infrastructure.
- Help implement production-ready solutions.
- Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
Our mission is to build and operate innovative video streaming technology that provides the best customer-centric streaming experience for VOD and Live globally. We implement technologies that deliver flawless streaming experiences using optimal bandwidth. We foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive work environment.
Basic Qualifications- 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
- Solid understanding of video coding standards (H.264, HEVC, AV1)
- 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
- Experience with video encoding optimization and profiling tools
- Knowledge of video quality assessment and metrics
- Familiarity with open-source video encoders and FFmpeg
- Experience working on video processing systems
- Experience with AI-assisted C/C++ code development
- Interest in technical innovation and video coding standards
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