Research Engineer , Prime Video Encoding Team

Overview

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.

About the Team

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)

Preferred Qualifications

• 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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Location: ES, Community of Madrid, Madrid

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