Software Development Manager, Low Latency Streaming (Sye) Protocol, Prime Video & Studios Core Tech
DESCRIPTION
Come build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in helping shape the future of movies and television? Do you want to help 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 from Originals and Exclusive content to exciting live sports events. 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.
We provide Prime Video customers with low latency streaming for major events. Serving our customers on the biggest live sporting events like the English Premier League, Thursday Night Football and UEFA Champions League to Prime Video customers across the globe with an unparalleled experience. Our customers receive live content in less than 10 seconds and benefit from our pioneering features for low latency and synchronized playback.
We are looking for a talented Software Development Manager to lead the development of Prime Video’s Live Low latency Video stack (Sye). You will manage a team that owns the core streaming service of the solution: the Sye Streaming Engine. The protocol is UDP based and developed in C++. It has high demands on functionality, performance, robustness, compatibility and maintainability. The Sye Streaming Engine handles the quality of experience of live streaming along with dynamic and programmatic ad insertion.
Key job responsibilities
The manager will be leading a team of engineers to utilise Agile methodologies to deliver software projects for the team.
The manager will be responsible for writing the team's three year vision, product roadmaps, working backwards artefacts, ensuring operational excellence in the team, and contributing as part of the Sye leadership group.
A key responsibility for the manager will be the career development of the engineers in the team, managing performance, promotions and champion best practices and innovation.
A day in the life
You will be working with your team of talented engineers to solve complex problems to benefit Prime Video Customers. Helping to design and implement solutions for low latency streaming that will run on record breaking live events globally.
The manager will be part of the team's ceremonies, such as stand up, sprint planning, retro and demo. They will facilitate operational reviews and team meetings and 1 to 1 sessions.
A manager will be an active participant in the Sye organisation through attending review meetings, goal reviews, project update meetings and customer sessions.
About the team
Our team manages the end to end low latency streaming offering for prime video. We are located across London, Seattle, and Stockholm Sweden. Relocation to Sweden is also possible.
We have a diverse range of people and skills in our org, which gives us all new ways to learn how to solve difficult, complex and ambiguous problems.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Computer Science, related field or equivalent experience.
- Experience leading a group of software engineers in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
- A proven track record of software delivery through all phases of development and developing long-term development and business technology strategies
- Demonstrable knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategies
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in development of transport protocols over IP
- Experience in video streaming
- Experience in Linux
- Experience with CDNs Edge Computing
- Experience in Ad Tech
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